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New book about Island's internment camps published

Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 07:48

Author hopes it will spark 'cultural memory'

A new book about the Second World War internment camps in the Isle of Man has received a number of glowing reviews.

It's called 'The Island of Extraordinary Captives' and tells the story of how a group of world-renowned artists, musicians and academics became known as 'enemy aliens'

The author, Simon Parkin, drew his material from unpublished first-hand accounts and previously classified documents:

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