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Many German internees had just fled Nazi violence. But there were also German prisoners of war, some of whom remained after the war. In September 1943, the father of George Maduro, after whom Madurodam is named, asked Queen Wilhelmina to exchange his son for the German internees on Bonaire. The government did not grant the request.
The building was used during World War II to house interned German prisoners. It was converted into Bonaire's first hotel, named the Zeebad. [5] In 1989, the resort had 110 rooms. A refurbishment in 2001 included rooms painted in bright colours and flooring laid with white tiles, with floral designs.
On May 10, 1940, 461 Dutch and German citizens were transported to Bonaire and interned in a camp just south of the fort. After World War II, this camp was converted into a hotel, which is now the Divi Bonaire. [4] The town of Kralendijk is a result of the merger of five villages: Antriol (Entrejol), Nikiboko, Noord Saliña, Playa, and Tera ...
On 18 January 1942, the ship departed from Sibolga, Dutch East Indies, bound for Ceylon.On board were the Dutch crew, soldiers from Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and 473 German internees (crews of captured German merchant vessels and civilians with German backgrounds), some held below and some in hastily created cages on deck.
This is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country.In general, a camp or group of camps is designated to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or it can appear to be, departed from in such cases as where a country's borders or name has changed or it ...
Internment of German resident aliens and German-American citizens occurred in the United States during the periods of World War I and World War II. During World War II, the legal basis for this detention was under Presidential Proclamation 2526 , made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act .
At least one small group of internees returned from Laufen to Jersey prior to D-Day in 1944. [10] A small number of Guernsey internees, considered too ill to remain in Laufen, were repatriated individually as the occasion arose accompanied by a couple of German soldiers and a Guernsey internee in his capacity as Red Cross representative.
Number and location of civilians interned by Japan [1] Country of internment Number of Internees Internee deaths Death rate Most common nationality Japan 690 32 4.6% British China 9,350 250 2.6% British Hong Kong 2,535 127 5.0% British Philippines 7,800 453 5.8% Americans Malaya and Singapore 4,525 218 4.8% British Dutch East Indies 105,530 ...