Port Erin Women's Detention Camp
Port Erin Women's Detention Camp was a World War II internment camp on the Isle of Man at Port Erin. It was Europe's only all-female internment camp.[1] Notable internees included Dora Diamant the lover of Franz Kafka in the last year of his life, and Fay Taylour, champion motorcycle, speedway and racing car driver.[2][3]
Other camps
[edit]Other WWII internment camps at on the Isle of Man included the Hutchinson Internment Camp in Douglas, noted as “the artists’ camp”, the Metropole Internment Camp also in Douglas, predominantly for Italians, Sefton Internment Camp on the promenade in Douglas, the Peel Internment Camp, and Mooragh Internment Camp in Ramsey. Rushen Camp was later established for couples, but run by civilian owners who remained in the camp, instead of the military.
Notable internees
[edit]- Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer
References
[edit]- ^ Europe's only all-female WW2 internment camp remembered By Mark Edwards BBC News 29 May 2015
- ^ Cullen, Stephen M. (2013). "Taylour, Helen Frances [Fay] (1904–1983), racing motorist and political activist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97894. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 3 April 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Brooklands Museum: Tales from Brooklands: Fay Taylour". www.brooklandsmuseum.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.