'Female Internment During the Second World War'
Date(s): 2006
Creator(s): Gleghorn, Gough, Phelps
Scope & Content: Group essay submitted by Debra Gleghorn, Carrie Gough, Paul Hendry and Claire Phelps as part of History MA degree coursework at the University of Sussex. The essay focuses on the women interned on the Isle of Man during WW2 within Rushen Camp. Themes covered include the change of identity due to the increase of population from 600 to 5000 within a few months, attitudes of residents in Port Erin and Port St Mary towards the internees. references from oral history interviews of Herma Wolfgang, Bianca Heller, Ira Richowski, Mary Kay and Barbara Eaton from the 1970s.
Language: English
Extent: 1 file
Item name: essay
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 11369
Record class: Private
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