Background

Find out about the history of internment and the story behind the development of the Knockaloe Virtual Archive and Museum.

Internment in World War 1

Discover more about First World War intnment, why the British Government decided to intern so many 'enemy aliens' and how they developed a network of camps around the country. This section will tell the story behind Knockaloe and and how the camp came to be built on the Isle of Man.