Magazine of Central Promenade Camp, Isle of man

The file contains an example of the Central Promenade Paper, a weekly newspaper of the Central Promenade Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man (self-governing crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). The newspaper is relating mainly to civilian internment camps on the Isle of Man, including a series of camp orders, letters and other papers from internees concerning conditions of internment and questioning the official categorisation of 'enemy aliens', instructions to internees who were about to be released and other miscellaneous papers can be seen. The newspaper includes articels written in German and English, always depending on the origin and the addressee of the auther. Furthermore advertisments of shops and services run and given by the inmates are included in the newspaper.