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Professor Paul Jacobsthal was one of several eminent archaeologists to be interned on the Isle of Man. His report on his internment experience, written up shortly after his release and widely circulated, is one of the best surviving personal testimonies of the event. Recent work on Jacobsthal’s archives deposited at the University of Oxford has now revealed the original, personal diary he kept during his internment on which the later report was based. In addition, an early, unfinished and unpublished autobiography has also come to light. These discoveries allow a reconsideration of Paul Jacobsthal’s internment report and his motivations in writing it.
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We are grateful to: The Beazley Archive, Oxford; The National Archive; Martin Maw at Oxford University Press; Jody Joy at the British Museum; Judith Curthoys at Christ Church; Michael Hughes at the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library; Kay Baxandall; Charmian Brinson; Jas’ Elsner; Chris Gosden; Anthony Grenville; Marissa Kings; Vincent Megaw; Megan Price; Celia Sisam; Michael Vickers, and all the volunteers at the Jacobsthal Archive project. Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Reva and David Logan Foundation for grants to support the project.
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Ulmschneider, K., Crawford, S. (2013). Writing and Experiencing Internment: Rethinking Paul Jacobsthal’s Internment Report in the Light of New Discoveries. In: Mytum, H., Carr, G. (eds) Prisoners of War. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4166-3_13
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