On-line Articles and other Material relating to
the Jewish Community and
Jewish Internees on the Isle of Man

on JCR-UK

• Jews on Kelly's Isle by Lionel Simmonds, an article from the Jewish Chronicle of 9 August 1957.

• Two Graves from Knockaloe by Harold Pollins.

• Press Reports relating to to the Isle of Man Jewish Community.

• Douglas Borough Cemetery, Jewish Section - list, updated to August 2016, of 75 burials (including two at Knockaloe), compiled primarily by Harold Pollins.

• Selected Bibliography:

  • Living With Wire - Civilian Internment in the Isle of Man during the Two World Wars by Cresswell, 1994

  • Island of Barbed Wire; The Remarkable Story of World War Two Internment on the Isle of Man by Connery Chappell, 1984

  • Other Bibliography

on third parties' websites

• Isle of Man National Heritage Museum (iMuseum), the Archives now include over 12,000 internment images of which 3,000 show life at the camp, including photographs of many named individual internees (for example, try searching the word "Jewish"). In addition, the People (Family History) section, includes all World War I internees, and certain World War II are being gradually added.

• AJR (Association of Jewish Refugees) Journal:

  • Second World War internee records on the Isle of Man, article by Alan Franklin:

    • Part 1 in Volume 8 No. 2, February 2008 (pp. 5,11), pdf.

    • Part 2 in Volume 8 No. 3, March 2008 (pp. 5,10), pdf.

  • 1940-2010: The Individual and Family Legacy of WW2 Internment as it Relates to the Isle of Man - A Guide to Aid Personal Research by Alan Franklin, published in Volume 10 No. 6, June 2010 (pp. 4,5,9,10), pdf.

• Manx Jews Cling on to Island Life, article by Josh Jackman, published in the Jewish Chronicle 19 May 2016

• Imprisoned on the Isle of Man: Jewish Refugees Classified as Enemy Aliens, article by Cheryl Kempler, published in B'nai B'rith Magazine 19 September 2016.