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Detention, internment and prisons

Sites of confinement rather than shelter: the Rimini enclave, Jaworzno, the Spanish depots and prisons, Turkish internment and Romanian occupation camps.

In this collection

16 places
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Allington

Allington, near Grantham · United Kingdom · 1942–1948
Arrival and settlement
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Atlit Detention Camp

Atlit · Israel · 1939–1948
Arrival and settlement
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Botesdale Camp

Botesdale · United Kingdom · Ukrainian phase documented 1947–1948
Arrival and settlement
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Eisden–Lanklaar Camp

Lanklaar, Eisden mining district · Belgium · 1942–1965
Displacement in Europe
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Frontstalag 154, Fourchambault and Garchizy

Garchizy · France · German prisoner of war camp: summer 1940 to 1941; Ukrainian pastoral visits recorded November and December 1940
Displacement in Europe
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Grosulovo

Velyka Mykhailivka, Odesa region · Ukraine · 1941–1944
Displacement in Europe
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Hempton Green Camp

Hempton / Pudding Norton · United Kingdom · Ukrainian occupation documented 1947–1949
Arrival and settlement
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Jaworzno

Jaworzno · Poland · Ukrainian detention: 1947–1949
Displacement in Europe
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Miranda de Ebro

Miranda de Ebro · Spain · 1937–1947
Displacement in Europe
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Moorby

Moorby, near Revesby · United Kingdom · Prisoner-of-war camp about 1940 to 1948; workers’ hostel from 1948
Arrival and settlement
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Pamplona Provincial Prison

Pamplona · Spain · 1943–1944
Displacement in Europe
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Rimini Camp

Rimini · Italy · October 1945–June 1947
Displacement in Europe
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Victoria Camp

Mildenhall / Eriswell · United Kingdom · Second World War–1948
Arrival and settlement
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Waterschei Camp

Genk · Belgium · 1942–1944
Displacement in Europe
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Yozgat

Yozgat · Turkey · 1941–1949; new guesthouse from 1954
Displacement in Europe
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Zwartberg Camp

Zwartberg, Genk · Belgium · 1942–1956
Displacement in Europe