1940 Sequester and Internment
On the 10th of June 1940, Italy declared war to France and Great Britain. At that time based upon the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, Egypt was under British control and the marshal law was applied since the outbreak of the war 1st September 1939. The Italian community in Egypt was considered by the British as enemies and potential fifth columnist. As a consequence Italian businesses were sequestered and all male adults citizens, starting from the age of 18, were interned in internment camps for civilians in the desert of Fayed (called by the Italians Genefa), close to the bitter lakes. The company was sequestrated and all the Bajocchi's were interned till 1944. After the end of the war it took four long years to return in possession of the shop.
