AN award-winning museum devoted largely to the Second World War is about to put the spotlight on the story of civilian internees.
Eden Camp, which is housed in a prisoner-of-war camp, near Old Malton, in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, is refurbishing one of its exhibitions huts.
The hut is devoted to the story of PoWs in the UK, Europe and the Far East. It is also intended to portray what life was like for civilian internees.
During the Second World War, the policy was that male civilians from hostile countries were held in internment camps because of their possible threat to national security.
The museum has just been presented with the documents relating to the detention of an Italian by the name of Luigi, at Newcastle, and the certificates of registration of his wife and daughter.
The documents will be among the items featured in the hut when it is completed and opened to the public.
The museum is appealing for any other memorabilia associated with civilian internment or military prisoners-of-war.
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