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These pages provide information on the historical context of the British internment and  mass deportations of 1940, the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and other related events and topics. Further articles will appear at irregular intervals, focussing on the internment and subsequent military service of many former internees in Australia.

Jews and Nazis together in one camp? That couldn't go well.

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A “Jewish Mutiny”?

In "their" camps they had everything under control ...

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“The German salute is your duty”

The Abosso and the Waroonga were sunk on the way back to England with internees on board. Westernland was also involved in the transport.

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Three Ship Stories

The German and Austrian refugees deported from Singapore demanded their promised freedom in two letters.

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“… hurts our very innermost”

In September 1940, the British deported 267 Germans, Austrians and Italians from Singapore behind Australian barbed wire.

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From Singapore “under British protection”

The sinking of the internment ship “Arandora Star” claimed 800 victims. Part 3: Italian civilian internees on board.

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Arandora Star
Part 3

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