Tessa Dunlop

Why did Britain lock up so many innocent refugees in 1940?

The government’s knee-jerk reaction to possible enemy invasion was shamefully cruel and unjust, says Simon Parkin

Sketch by Ernst Eisenmayer of an internment camp in Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940. [Ben uri collection/Bridgeman Images]
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