Tag: Internment Records and researchBehind the Wire: Mapping Second World War camp histories in the UKWednesday 1 May 2024What can interactive maps reveal about UK prisoner of war and internment camps?...Records and researchLife and death in Hong Kong during the Second World WarThursday 8 February 2024Now catalogued and searchable by name, this series of nominal cards highlight the experiences...Records and researchThe story of Edward Lees: Refugee, internee, soldierMonday 19 June 2023In 1934, 13-year-old Erhard Wilhelm Saar arrived in the UK fleeing Nazi Germany. By...Records and researchEnemy aliens in Great Britain 1914-1919Friday 24 March 2017The Aliens Restriction Act required foreign nationals (aliens) to register with the police; they...Records and researchDaily life in Alexandra Palace internment campFriday 19 August 2016From 1915 until 1919, Alexandra Palace was a civilian internment camp for German, Austrian...Records and researchCollar the lot! Britain’s policy of internment during the Second World WarThursday 2 July 2015Seventy-five years ago today on 2 July 1940, the SS Arandora Star, a British...