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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T130000
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URL:https://kindertransport.org/events/kta-book-talk-the-island-of-extraor
 dinary-captives-a-painter-a-poet-an-heiress-and-a-spy-in-a-world-war-ii-br
 itish-internment-camp/
SUMMARY:KTA Book talk: The Island of Extraordinary Captives\, A Painter\, a
  Poet\, an Heiress\, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
DESCRIPTION:In May 1940\, faced with a country gripped by paranoia\, Prime 
 Minister Winston Churchill ordered the internment of all German and Austri
 an citizens living in Britain. Most were refugees who had come to the coun
 try to escape Nazi oppression. In May 1940\, faced with a country gripped 
 by paranoia\, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the internment of a
 ll German and Austrian citizens living in Britain. Most were refugees who 
 had come to the country to escape Nazi oppression. They (including Kindert
 ransportees) were now imprisoned by the very country in which they had sta
 ked their trust. Painstakingly researched from dozens of unpublished first
 -hand accounts and previously classified documents\, Simon Parkin’s new 
 book\, The Island of Extraordinary Captives tells\, for the first time\, t
 he full story of history’s most astonishing internment camp and of how a
  group of world-renowned artists\, musicians and academics imprisoned ther
 e came to be seen as ‘enemy aliens’. It is the story of a battle betwe
 en fear and compassion at a time of national crisis and reveals how Britai
 n’s treatment of refugees during the Second World War led to one of the 
 nation’s most shameful missteps\, and how hope and creativity can flouri
 sh in even the most challenging circumstances.\n\nSimon Parkin is a contri
 buting writer for the New Yorker\, and regularly writes for The Guardian a
 nd The Observer newspapers. His previous nonfiction book\, ‘A Game of Bi
 rds and Wolves’\, about the Wrens who worked at the Western Approaches T
 actical Unit was shortlisted for The Mountbatten Prize. He is a finalist i
 n the Foreign Press Association Media Awards\, and recipient of two awards
  from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a fellow of the Royal
  Historical Society\, and lives in West Sussex\, England.\n\nThis event is
  open to all KTA Members\, and a recording will be posted on the KTA websi
 te afterwards.
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