During the Second World War, Germans, Austrians and Italians living in Great Britain were designated as ‘enemy aliens’ and consequently interned. The worsening situation on the continent in May and June 1940 stirred up hysteria that spies and saboteurs could be amongst the Germans and Austrians. Mass arrests started in May 1940, and Italians were soon caught up in the detentions when Mussolini declared war on 10 June, thus filling internment camps to capacity. Canada and Australia agreed to take some of the ‘most dangerous characters’, facilitating the most controversial aspect of internment – deportation – which led to the ultimate tragedy when the SS Arandora Star was torpedoed and sunk on 2 July 1940. Building on previous scholarship that focuses on either German or Italian internment, this article examines both government policy towards and the internee experience of these two groups on an equal footing, thus furthering integration of the Italian narrative within internment historiography.

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敌方侨民：1939 年 9 月至 1940 年 6 月英国的拘禁和驱逐政策


第二次世界大战期间，居住在英国的德国人、奥地利人和意大利人被指定为“敌方外国人”，因此被拘留。1940 年 5 月和 6 月欧洲大陆的局势恶化激起了歇斯底里的情绪，认为德国人和奥地利人中可能存在间谍和破坏者。大规模逮捕始于 1940 年 5 月，当墨索里尼于 6 月 10 日宣战时，意大利人很快就被卷入拘留所，从而使拘留营满员。加拿大和澳大利亚同意接收一些“最危险的人物”，促进了拘留中最具争议的方面——驱逐出境——这导致了最终的悲剧，即 1940 年 7 月 2 日党卫军阿兰多拉之星号被鱼雷击沉。在以前专注于德国或意大利拘留所的学术研究的基础上，本文在平等的基础上研究了政府对这两个群体的政策和被拘留者的经历，从而进一步将意大利叙事融入拘留所史学中。