The wartime deportation of 2,500 Jewish and anti-Nazi refugees from England to a prison camp in Australia is the subject of a new film. “Friendly Enemy Alien,” which made its debut in Berlin earlier this week, depicts how the men were abused and starved for 57 days on a prison ship.
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