After Dachau, Eisenmeyer recalled that captivity in British hands was 'at times, a bit of a lark', with trips to the cinema, football matches, a choir and a camp 'university'...
After Dachau, Eisenmeyer recalled that captivity in British hands was 'at times, a bit of a lark', with trips to the cinema, football matches, a choir and a camp 'university' offering art classes. For artists, continuing professional practice was possible, through repurposing everyday materials. Despite Eisenmayer's affirmation: 'I don't go along with the presentation by some artists of the cliched barbed wire [.] We were bloody lucky on the Isle of Man, unlike the millions in German concentration camps'. This drawing, accompanied by 29 internees' signatures, commemorating camp friendships, clearly depicts the wire of the internment camp being triumphantly torn apart by a youth, beneath which appear the words 'Jungend Siegende Jungend' ('Youth Victorious Youth').