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German camp at the Isle of Man 1940s
« on: Tuesday 06 May 08 17:08 BST (UK) »
On 'Coast' recently they featured this camp and I was interested because my Grandfather or great Grandfather used to be one of the doctors there during WW2. I don't know much else but would like to. I sort of hope if the camp had doctors it was not too brutal, apart from taking people from their homes and locking them elsewhere!? But I wonder if anyone knows anything about my grandfather's time at the camp and what job the doctors did?

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Re: German camp at the Isle of Man 1940s
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 17:22 BST (UK) »
Here's a bit about one of Italian P.O.W.s sent to Isle of Man from Northern Ireland. If you search Google lots of entries about that period on Isle of Man come up.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6366957.stm
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 18:54 BST (UK) »
See http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/library/bibliographies/internment.xml
 http://timewitnesses.org/english/IsleOfMan.html
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/genealgy/intern.htm


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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 19:08 BST (UK) »
Wow! Thanks for such a fast reply!  I am very grateful.
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 19:17 BST (UK) »
I now see that the camp was there in WW1 as well so it could have been my great grandfather. I have a fair bit of searching to do.
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Re: German camp at the Isle of Man 1940s
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 19:48 BST (UK) »
the Isle of Man was used for internment of aliens during WW2.
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Re: German camp at the Isle of Man 1940s
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 20:02 BST (UK) »
Thanks Dancing Master, I did know that - but that is all I know. My grandfather was a doctor there during WW2, and I am trying to find out more about this time there.   I know he married while he was there so that holds possiblities too.
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