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Thread: The forgotten internees of WWI.

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    Default The forgotten internees of WWI.

    Just spotted this peripheral item whilst researching for my 100 years ago thread.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28420676

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Just spotted this peripheral item whilst researching for my 100 years ago thread.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28420676

    Rob.
    What a fascinating story Rob.
    I had never heard of that situation before.
    Makes you wonder what other forgotten "gems" are out there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    What a fascinating story Rob.
    I had never heard of that situation before.
    Makes you wonder what other forgotten "gems" are out there?
    Ditto

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    I must admit that it quite surprised me as well when I saw it.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Good read. I'm still pondering growing flowers vice vegetables.

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    Interesting read!

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    Certainly a story I'd never read about. Thank you for the link. I wonder if there was there a British equivalent, either in England or elsewhere in the Empire?

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    Thanks for that, WingCo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightmoss View Post
    I wonder if there was there a British equivalent, either in England or elsewhere in the Empire?
    Sure -- it was called "Buckingham Palace". ;)

    "Four verses! Four verses! I meant four verses! Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"
    "So your father's German, you're half-German, and you married a German?"
    ["General Hospital", _Blackadder Goes Forth_]

    On a more-serious note: There was some of that in the US after 1917 -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internm...rman_Americans .

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    Sure -- it was called "Buckingham Palace".

    "Four verses! Four verses! I meant four verses! Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"
    "So your father's German, you're half-German, and you married a German?"
    ["General Hospital", _Blackadder Goes Forth_]

    On a more-serious note: There was some of that in the US after 1917 -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internm...rman_Americans .
    Yes, I read that last night. Fort Douglas, Utah for the west and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia for the east. Thanks.

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    A great reading about a traditionally uncovered subject.
    Thanks for sharing Rob!

    Mau

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    There is this book on the WW1 British internees.

    http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1455

    This may also be of interest.

    http://www.manxnationalheritage.im/w...rnment_Web.pdf

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thanks Rob for these links!

    Mau

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    My pleasure Mau.
    Here is another one you may like.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXiv6Hl86w
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    My pleasure Mau.
    Here is another one you may like.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXiv6Hl86w
    Rob.
    Ohh, you naughty boy!

    That's a cool one Rob.

    Mau

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mau Fox View Post
    Ohh, you naughty boy!

    That's a cool one Rob.

    Mau
    Thought you would like that below the belt one Mau.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I recently read Barbed Wire Disease : British & German Prisoners of War, 1914-19, by John Yarnall which discusses internees on both sides as well as POWs. A good book.



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