Edward EYRE HUNT, an American delegate of the « Commission for relief in Belgium in charge of the Province of Antwertpen », was one of the passengers of the « Nieuw Amsterdam », when the neutral (...)

Le camp de l’Île-Longue fait l’objet d’inspections périodiques, de la part de l’administration française (préfet et sous-préfets), mais aussi de l’ambassade des États-Unis, de la Croix-Rouge, et (...)

Karl Italiener was 25 when he was captured on board the neutral Dutch liner “Nieuw Amsterdam”, on September 2, 1914. While in the camp, he founded a masonic lodge called “In Ketten zum Licht” (...)

Soon after they had been interned, the prisoners from l’Île Longue were requested to work outside the camp. At first, only the requests from local communities were taken into account, but, as (...)