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Panic Turned Refugees Into Suspects
- Public panic after the invasion of the Netherlands transformed refugees into suspected 'fifth column' threats.
- Media stories and a diplomat's report pushed the British government into a mass internment policy.
Kindertransport Survivor Peter Flishman
- Peter Flishman fled Nazi Germany on a Kindertransport at 16 after his family died under suspicious circumstances.
- He arrived in Britain, lost his art education, and struggled in difficult lodgings before being arrested in 1940.
Warth Mill Transit Camp Horror
- Peter was arrested at night and sent to Warth Mill, a filthy transit camp in a disused cotton mill.
- Guards stole internees' belongings and many detainees felt betrayed by Britain after this treatment.