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Worked in ww2 in BritainOh right, let's lockup lots of innocent people because a small percentage of nutters have killed some innocent people
Makes sense
BBC - WW2 People's War - Timeline
Fact File : Civilian Internment
1939 - 1945
At the outbreak of war there were around 80,000 potential enemy aliens in Britain who, it was feared, could be spies, or willing to assist Britain's enemies in the event of an invasion. All Germans and Austrians over the age of 16 were called before special tribunals and were divided into one of three groups:
- 'A' - high security risks, numbering just under 600, who were immediately interned;
- 'B' - 'doubtful cases', numbering around 6,500, who were supervised and subject to restrictions;
- 'C' - 'no security risk', numbering around 64,000, who were left at liberty. More than 55,000 of category 'C' were recognised as refugees from Nazi oppression. The vast majority of these were Jewish.