TROUBLE MAKERS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 165, 27 May 1940, Page 7

TROUBLE MAKERS

NAZI INTERNEES TO BE SEGREGATED Known Nazis who have been causing trouble in British internment camps are to be segregated as a result of complaints by other German internees. These Nazis include former members of the Gestapo, who attempt to use their old tactics to intimidate politically passive German prisoners. Alreaidy captured German merchant seamen have been taken to a separate camp because of their attitude towards enemy aliens of their own nationality. These sailors will now be joined by pro-Nazi elements in the large camps. Although the inclusion of violent pro-Nazis among German internees ! was to be expected, when examined they pretended to be against the Nazi regime. It is only now that their true sympathies are being revealed. Jewish Victims. The particular objects of their intimidation ancl victimisation are German and Austrian Jewish refugees who have lived in England since before the war and whose opposition to the Nazi system is well known. Internment orders are made by the Home Office, but the camps are provided, staffed and managed by the War Office. Every attempt has been made by the military authori-» ties to prevent a clash between opposing political elements, but it has been decided that a second and more rigorous weeding-out is now necessary. Women internees are sent to Holloway Prison, where no trouble has been experienced.