The men’s ‘camps’ comprised groups of requisitioned hotels/boarding houses, rendered secure by barbed wire and guarded. Internees in each hotel/boarding house determined their own leaders plus rotas for e.g. cooking and cleaning, and certain areas were designated for work/recreation. Women and children were similarly billeted, but with their respective landladies. Women had to help with the chores, and established a temporary camp school.

For more detailed information see: Manx National Library and Archives

https://manxnationalheritage.im/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WWII-Internment-Sheet-Library-and-Archive-Service-Digital.pdf(Google: accessed July 2020)

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