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Peveril Internment Camp

NamePeveril Internment Camp
CountryUK
DescriptionThe Peveril Camp in Peel opened in the summer of 1940 and housed about 800-900 German and Austrian internees in the boarding houses on Marine Parade (on the promenade) and on Victoria Terrace/ Peveril Road at the top of the hill behind. The camp grew over time and extended across to Peveril Terrace and then later shrank back to its original size. The small and relatively short-lived camp closed in spring 1941 and was then reopened in May 1941 as a Detainment Camp to hold British Fascists and others thought to pose a potential security risk such as Norwegian and Dutch refugees who had fled occupied Europe and needed to prove they were not spies. (Source iMuseum)
Related ResourcePeel
Urlhttps://www.imuseum.im/hutchinson-onchan-peveril-camps-second-world-war-internment-on-the-isle-of-man/
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7158594
Start Date1940
End Date1941
Linked FromSambon, Giulio
Emanuelli, Hector (Ettorio) 13 May 1940 – 13/14 April 1942

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