Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

In September, 1938, planning began regarding the internment of Enemy Aliens, including the selection of sites for camps.
After the war started, tribunals were set up to categorize Enemy Aliens among the following categories:
* A, those to be interned
* B, those not interned, but restricted
* C, those to be at liberty
by the middle of October, 1939, Enemy Aliens started to be interned.
In May, 1940, concerns regarding a German invasion prompted an order to intern all Enemy Alien males between ages 16 to 70.
By the end of May, 1940, orders were given to arrest and intern all male and female Enemy Aliens.
Ultimately, camps included Enemy Aliens, political prisoners, and illegal refugees.
In addition to Great Britain and the Isle of Man, camps were established in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Kenya, Mauritius, and Palestine.

In 1940, Britain interned about 1,000 children from the Kindertransport, as Enemy Aliens, on the Isle of Man.
400 of the enemy alien children were transported to internment camps in Canada and Australia.

Camp Mooragh was a promenade consisting of thirty small hotels and boarding houses in Ramsey,
By May 21, 1940, the camp, the first internment camp established on the Isle of Man, was ready, and the first internees arrived on June 4, 1940.
Camp Mooragh was sectioned off in order to separate German Jews, who were pro-British from British Fascists.

In May, 1940, orders were given to evacuate boarding houses in the towns of Ramsey, Onchan, and Port Erin on the Isle of Man.
By the end of 1940, 14,000 Enemy Aliens were interned on the Isle of Man.

Gerald Frey arrived at Camp Mooragh the day after it opened, and spent less than a month there before being transported to Canada.