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Italian women interned in UK
Catalogue reference: HO 396/303
What’s it about?
This record is about the Italian women interned in UK dating from 1940-1942 in the series Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 396/303
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1942
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Description (What the record is about)
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Italian women interned in UK
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Internment
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3505239/
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Series information
HO 396
Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index
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Within the series: HO 396
Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index
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Italian women interned in UK
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