Cullen, Stephen Michael (2009) Fascists behind barbed wire; political internment without trial in wartime Britain. The Historian, 100 .

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Abstract

In the spring and early summer of 1940, the British government carried out a programme
of mass internment without trial. On 11th May, the first of thousands of 'enemy aliens'
were interned. Many of these internees were refugees from Nazi Germany, often Jews
who had fled Germany in fear of their lives. Others were long time residents of Italian or
German origin. By July, some 27,000 of these people had been deported to Canada, or
interned in makeshift camps in the UK. But another group were also interned without
trial, British citizens who were members of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union (BU), and
other, smaller, fascist and nazi groups. The historical study of internment has been slow
to develop, and most attention has been directed at the internment of 'enemy aliens'.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Political prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Fascists -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Journal or Publication Title:	The Historian
Publisher:	Historical Association
ISSN:	0265-1076
Official Date:	July 2009
Dates:	Date Event July 2009 Published
Volume:	100
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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