Port of no return : enemy alien internment in World War II New Orleans /

While most people are aware of the removal of some 127,000 Japanese citizens or residents of the United States from their homes to 'relocation' camps during World War II, few know that under the 'Alien Enemy Act,' thousands of Germans, Austrians and Italians were also apprehended...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Miller, Marilyn Grace, 1961- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Camp Algiers (Algiers, New Orleans, La.) World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Louisiana > New Orleans. Aliens > Louisiana > New Orleans. Algiers (New Orleans, La.) > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

New Orleans's (mostly) secret internment history
The quandaries of classification
Incarceration or a welcome refuge? The Panama Jews at Camp Algiers
Professor, spy, confidant: three notables interned in New Orleans
Royals and nobles behind barbed wire
Aid organizations, diplomatic efforts, and community allies.