Enemy in our Midst

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Enemy in our Midst

Germans in Britain during the First World War

European history European history History Social and cultural history First World War Social and ethical issues Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

Author: Panikos Panayi

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Academic

Published on: 26th March 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 312 pages

ISBN: 9781472577931


Introduction

With the approach of the First World War, the German community in Britain began to be assailed by a combination of government measures and popular hostility which resulted in attacks against individuals with German connections and confiscation of their property.

Internment and Repatriation

From May 1915, a policy of wholesale internment and repatriation was to reduce the German population by more than half of its pre-war figure.

Study Overview

The author of this study charts the growth of the German community in Britain before detailing the story of its destruction under the chauvinistic intolerance which gripped the country during the Great War.

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