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Douglas, Isle of Man, the location of Hutchinson Camp The camp consisted of 39 houses around Hutchinson Square close to Broadway in Douglas on the Isle of Man. Because of the large number of people interned in the relatively small number of houses, internees were required to share beds. [ 1 ]
Mooragh Camp was a World War II internment camp in Ramsey, Isle of Man, in operation from May 1940 until September 1945. It was the first such camp on the island since World War I . The opening of the camp
The camp comprised four former hotels and boarding houses: the Alexander (later renamed the Continental) and Metropole Hotels, the Waverley and Dodsworth's.. The Metropole Hotel had on its ground floor a canteen, a general store, a billiard room, a hall, a library, and a dining room, (which also acted as a recreation room outside of mealtimes).
People interned in the Isle of Man during World War II (77 P) Pages in category "Internment camps in the Isle of Man" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The camp was located in the Sefton Buildings, built during the 1890s next to the Gaiety Theatre, on the promenade in Douglas. [1] It was one of the smallest of the ten internment camps on the island during World War II, with only 307 residents. Of these, 42 were invalids. [2] The Sefton Camp held prisoners from October 1940 until March 1941. [3]
Port Erin Women's Detention Camp was a World War II internment camp on the Isle of Man at Port Erin.It was Europe's only all-female internment camp. [1] Notable internees included Dora Diamant, the lover of Franz Kafka in the last year of his life, and Fay Taylour, champion motorcycle, speedway and racing car driver.
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A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 2: Prehistory. Duffy, Sean (2005). A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 3: The Medieval Period, 1000-1406. Belchem, John (2001). A New History of the Isle of Man, Volume 5: The Modern Period, 1830-1999. Gawne, C.W. (2009). The Isle of Man and Britain: Controversy, 1651-1895, from Smuggling to the ...