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Object description
Documents pertaining to the internment of Eduard Krohn as an 'enemy alien' during and immediately after the First World War, comprising: Receipt dated August 1914 for fees paid in connection with naturalisation; letter written to him in Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man, in May 1916 by his wife and son in London, giving family news and some insight into the difficult situation faced by the family in his absence; Home Office letter dated August 1919 to Krohn, then at Frith Hill camp, Surrey, confirming his exemption from repatriation as an `enemy alien'; POW letter from Krohn to his wife, August 1919, informing her that he is leaving ? Frith Hill and "will be home before tea"; official Visitor Pass for Alexandra Palace internment camp, London, issued to Ruth Krohn and children, with visit stamps for February 1919 – May 1920; cyclostyled `Notice' pertaining to presentation and inspection of internees' bedding and other possessions (place unknown); 2 postcards from Knockaloe, with a sketched view of camp huts and a photograph of ? internee in woman's clothing for a theatrical production; original and enlarged copy of a photograph of members of the 'Bühnen-Verein' (Stage Association) at Alexandra Palace camp; copy of photograph of Krohn and his family; issue of 'Quousque Tandem' Knockaloe internees' magazine.
Content description
Documents pertaining to the internment of Eduard Krohn as an 'enemy alien' during and immediately after the First World War, comprising: Receipt dated August 1914 for fees paid in connection with naturalisation; letter written to him in Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man, in May 1916 by his wife and son in London, giving family news and some insight into the difficult situation faced by the family in his absence; Home Office letter dated August 1919 to Krohn, then at Frith Hill camp, Surrey, confirming his exemption from repatriation as an `enemy alien'; POW letter from Krohn to his wife, August 1919, informing her that he is leaving ? Frith Hill and "will be home before tea"; official Visitor Pass for Alexandra Palace internment camp, London, issued to Ruth Krohn and children, with visit stamps for February 1919 – May 1920; cyclostyled `Notice' pertaining to presentation and inspection of internees' bedding and other possessions (place unknown); 2 postcards from Knockaloe, with a sketched view of camp huts and a photograph of ? internee in woman's clothing for a theatrical production; original and enlarged copy of a photograph of members of the 'Bühnen-Verein' (Stage Association) at Alexandra Palace camp; copy of photograph of Krohn and his family; issue of 'Quousque Tandem' Knockaloe internees' magazine.
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