Unlike conditions in the other alien internment camp on Somes land , in Wellington , where an aggressive camp commander enforced a sometimes brutal regime ( and where Berking was interned briefly ), captivity on Motuihe Island was more relaxed .
Prisoners were allowed to swim every day , if they wished , at the beautiful main beach and could wander at will over the island so long as they were back inside the “ barbed wire ” by 6 p . m .
Alfred Schultz Album , Photographer R . Hofmann
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