Download or read book The Internment of Aliens in Twentieth Century Britain written by David Cesarani and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940, press hysteria and prejudice at government level led to the internment of over 20,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe. Likewise, in l914-1918 Germans in Britain were brutally interred, and democratic safeguards were subverted.