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• THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Press Agency photographer

  Women classed as enemy aliens being escorted by police and officials to board trains at a London station, at the start of their journey for internment on the Isle of Man early in the Second World War.

• POW currency, 1 Shilling, Great Britain

  (currency) Made by: HMSO 1943

  A one shilling paper currency note, printed by HMSO and dated 1943, for use within the civilian internee camps established during the Second World War on the Isle of Man. Civilians of German, Austrian and (later) Italian extraction were interned in...

• The Café 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: the interior of the café of Hutchinson internment camp, near Douglas on the Isle of Man. Nine male German internees sit around a long table, four of the men wearing glasses. Washing hangs along two clothes lines above them.

• Parachutists - Eight Figures Beyond the Wire 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: eight internees stand behind a barbed wire fence at Hutchinson camp near Douglas on the Isle of Man. The word 'Parachutists' is on the wall behind them. Four of the men wear glasses and all but one of them appear to be wearing kippot, indicating...

• Isle of Man, 1940 - Air Raid 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: a woman and her daughter stand side by side, their arms flailing and mouths open in panic, due to an air raid. They appear to be standing behind a wire fence.

• Isle of Man, 1940 - Air Raid 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: a mother stands with her young daughter in front of her, with her left hand on top of her daughter's head and her right hand holding her daughter's right hand. She wears a terrified expression on her face.

• Isle of Man, 1940 - The Window 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: three internees look out of a large window that is covered with horizontal metal bars, with barbed wire also covering the exterior.

• My Bedroom - The Artist Uses his Suitcase as a Work Surface, in the Absence of a Table 'Internment' series

  (art) Made by: Uhlman, Fred 1940

  image: a man sits drawing with his back to the viewer, hunched over a suitcase propped up horizontally across his knees, one end supported on the end of his bed. On the window in front of him are the shapes of some flowers and a fish. Several drawings,...