Isle of Man internment

[goldfind]

Hi, My paternal Grandfather was from Hungary.

He was born 1876. Came to England we think, when he was 14 and was interned in the Isle of Man for 4 years.

I understand that they were there as political, but what else could it have been?

Does anyone have any history of what/where and if any further documentation about the reasons and sentences they received would be available?

[KGarrad]

Most of the Internment records (WW1 and WW2) are with The National Archives at Kew.
But it might be worth looking at www.knockaloe.im - Internment Camp Visitor Centre.

Internees were classed as "enemy aliens", or those likely to assist the enemy.

[KGarrad]

Also, look at the relevant section of ManxNoteBook - http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/genealgy/intern.htm.

An excellent website by Frances Coakley.

[ALAMO2008]

Carl Bartels was born in Germany
came to England married and had British Children he was a Naturalised Briton for 27 Years Designed the Liver Birds but Interned in Isle of Man for 4 years then Deported back to Germany without his Wife and Children

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bernard_Bartels

[KGarrad]

I recently did some research on a WW2 Internee.
He was German, but married an English lady in the 1930s.
They moved to England; he was interned.

His son was a sculptor and painter, who left 3 archival boxes of correspondence at The Manx Museum.
I had the pleasure of going through all 3 boxes!

From a personal POV, the son moved to Somerset (my home county), while the father was an International Ice Hockey player, and that's my No 1 sport!