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Island of Barbed Wire: The Remarkable Story of World War Two Internment on the Isle of Man Paperback – 1 Jan. 2005
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At the start of the Second World War there were estimated to be 75,000 'enemy aliens' living in Britain, each a potential security risk. To screen these, Enemy Alien Tribunals were set up, with the first tribunal judging only 569 cases serious enough to warrant internment. The Isle of man was chosen as somewhere secure enough to hold them. But when Italy entered the war in 1940, the tribunals' workload grew an, by the end of the year, the number of enemy aliens on the island had risen to 14,000.Who wee these internees? How did they cope with being interned? Did any try to escape? What was daily life like inside the camps? How great a risk did they really pose?With the use of diaries, newspapers and personal testimonies, Island of Barbed Wire looks at the selection, arrival, living conditions and, ultimately, repatriation, of the internees. Their lives and the live of the Manx people they came into contact with would never be the same when this popular holiday isle was transformed into an internment camp for the duration of the war. And even now the question remains - was the policy of internment ever justified?
- Print length190 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRBJT6
- Publication date1 Jan. 2005
- Dimensions13.97 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-100709077548
- ISBN-13978-0709077541
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The author, a former editor of Illustrated magazine, lived on the Isle of Man. He died in 1984.
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- Publisher : RBJT6
- Publication date : 1 Jan. 2005
- Edition : 1st Edition Thus
- Language : English
- Print length : 190 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0709077548
- ISBN-13 : 978-0709077541
- Item weight : 308 g
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2021Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis is the most important basic source of information on internment in the Isle of Man during World War 2. It is essential reading for those looking for an introduction as well as anyone seriously interested in the subject. Unfortunately it lacks references, but was not written as any academic study. Nevertheless it is well and authoratatively researched and is accurate in all material respects.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2019Format: Kindle EditionVerified PurchaseOdd inaccuracies here and there - eg Roads in Port Erin did not have Manx names during the war when there were less than a handful of Manx men who could speak Manx Gaelic. The 'murder' in the Mooragh camp was much more complicated - see the book - Manx Murders. Also a lot of generalizations; more individual cases would have helped.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2021Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseAs a former internee from 1940 to 1941, the book was of special interest..
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2014Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseBought This for myself as I love the Isle of Man and was intrigued by this bit of largely forgotten history(on the mainland anyway) .
Haven't had chance to read more than a couple of pages of it yet, because Hubbie has snaffled it! He is not so attached to the Island, but he is thoroughly engrossed in it. More to the point, I haven't heard one word of complaint from him, & he's nearly finished. That tells me all I need to know - it's next on my list, if I can ever prise it out of his fingers. - Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2012Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseA previous reviewer mentioned that they would like to have seen some reference to the personal stories of these internees and I agree.This book contains plenty of facts and imagination can work out the rest.However, I would like to read some personal accounts from the internees points of view to gain a deeper understanding of the times.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseRead before visiting Isle of Man
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2018Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseAn excellent account of life for the many innocent men interned on the Isle of Mann during the Second World War an event in history which has for years been forgotten apart from the large number of families involved
A must read if you are interested in the history of the Second World War - Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2013Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book recounts the history of the Isle of Man as hosting internment camps for 'enemy aliens' in WW2. The most interesting insight for me was the fact that many of those initially interred - far from being enemy aliens - were refugees fleeing Germany for the sanctuary of Britain. This was soon rectified, but the trauma must have been considerable. I would have liked more specific case histories but having said that it makes for a thought provoking read with plenty of detail about the camps.
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- Wendy McCoyReviewed in the United States on 7 December 2022
5.0 out of 5 starsFactual and an easy read
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book is interesting and informative. This was read for research purposes but was also an enjoyable read. - Mr. Stephen J. BrookReviewed in the United States on 16 July 2010
4.0 out of 5 starsHidden history
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase"Island of Barbed Wire" (Connery Chappell) throws a spotlight on a formerly hidden aspect of the Second World War -- Britain's treatment of its so-called "enemy aliens". These were men and women mostly of German (and later Italian) nationality deemed to be a threat to British security. Thousands of them were interned on the Isle of Man in former seaside holiday homes, a role to which they reverted after the war ended in 1945. One of the most savage ironies here was that a large percentage of the thousands of internees were Jews who had simply neglected to take out British nationality in time for the outbreak of the war. An interesting story, interestingly told. I would like to see it fictionalized as a BBC series. Is anyone listening?
