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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.

After the November pogrom of 1938, Hitler had 30,000 Jews arrested in order to force them to leave Germany and to dispossess them.

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“Aktionsjuden”

A few days after arriving in the Australian desert camp of Hay, 13 Dunera Boys were unexpectedly sent to England.

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“Dumped” in Bombay

In 1941, Christian dignitaries called for solidarity with refugees and internees.

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“Sympathy and human kindness”

Long after the ending of the British internment policy, 2.000 Jews and victims of Nazi oppression protest in Australian camps against their continuing internment.

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An appeal made by internees

An article about racism and the history of the reception of internees from England in Australia.

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“99,1 per cent british”

At the end of October 1938, the Nazis deported 27,000 Jews to Poland. This ultimately led to the pogroms of 9 November 1938.

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The “Polenaktion”

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