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| Title: | The History of the Establishment of Internment Camps and Refugee Settlements in Southern Rhodesia, 1938-1952 |
| Author: | Rupiah, Martin R. |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | Zambezia (ISSN 0379-0622) |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 137-152 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
| Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | refugees prisoners of war World War II History and Exploration Ethnic and Race Relations Politics and Government Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) colonialism History, Archaeology history |
| External link: | https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03790622_444 |
| Abstract: | Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), as part of its contribution to the British Empire effort during the Second World War, hosted thousands of 'enemy aliens', as well as refugees from a number of countries, such as Germany, Austria and Italy, including their colonial territories on the African continent. Later on during the war, refugees also came from Poland, with a smaller number from Iraq. Sites chosen for the internment camps and refugee settlements contributed to the faster development of the many rural towns along the line of rail as well as assisting in the establishment of commercial farming concerns and construction projects. This article looks at the historical background to the establishment of camps for internees and refugees in Southern Rhodesia and describes how the camps were set up and agreements for financing them. It considers problems that arose in their management, particularly the difficulty of staffing a workable corps. Finally, it looks at the closing down of the camps, and the subsequent use that was made of the various facilities that had been built. Notes, ref., sum. |
