THE EDITOR, Sir:IN 1944, 60 years ago this year, nearly 2,000 citizens of Gibraltar left Jamaica after living for four years in an evacuation camp at Mona.
As the Second World War wound to its end over the next year, hundreds of Jewish refugees, German and Italian internees and others, also began wending their way home or to new locations. A few stayed on.
As part of postgraduate research at the University of the West Indies, I am trying to pull together documentation on the camps and bases, on the people who interfaced with the Gibraltarians, European Jews, German, Italians, Americans, Canadians and others; the nature of these relations; and the impact on Jamaica at the stage of its development.
Interestingly, The Gleaner itself is a useful source of information on the period. However, in widening the search, I am seeking people who may have other documents, memories, information that they can share. If any of your readers are willing to share, they can reach me at:
P.O. Box 175, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica; or sfbrownja@yahoo.co.uk.
I am etc.,
SUZANNE FRANCIS-BROWN
