Port Erin Women's Detention Camp
Port Erin Women's Detention Camp was a World War II internment camp on the Isle of Man at Port Erin. It was Europe's only all-female internment camp.[1] Notable internees included Dora Diamant the lover of Franz Kafka in the last year of his life.
Other camps
Other WWII internment camps at on the Isle of Man included the Hutchinson Internment Camp in Douglas, noted as “the artists’ camp”, the Metropole Internment Camp also in Douglas, predominantly for Italians, Sefton Internment Camp on the promenade in Douglas, the Peel Internment Camp, and Mooragh Internment Camp in Ramsey. Rushen Camp was later established for couples, but run by civilian owners who remained in the camp, instead of the military.
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gollark: I'm not sure there's much incentive to. The only buyers are governments, who want to pay arguably unreasonably low amounts and generally manage to.
gollark: American Civil Liberties Union or something.
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gollark: How can you be in weather that hot without imploding? It's been something like 25 good degrees here lately and even that is very unpleasant.
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