Having been courted by the profession and Government, all refugees were dismissed from their hospital positions following the fall of France. Fears of fifth columnists and a lack of understanding of the position of Jewish refugees led to increasingly draconian measures against them, culminating in the internment of some on the Isle of Man. The chapter therefore explores the experiences and feelings of the refugee nurses as they were designated as ‘enemy aliens’, dismissed and interned. After a few months, most refugees had been invited back into nursing and their responses to this are discussed. The chapter then charts their return to the profession and their growing sense of worth as they supported the Allied war effort against the Nazis. Significantly, their wartime nursing work is considered, as they re-evaluated their lives from victims of a murderous regime to valued members of a vital wartime profession. The chapter is, however, not complacent to the opportunism of the Government and nursing profession. As the war progressed, more and more British nurses volunteered for active service, leaving the nation’s hospitals depleted of critical staff. Nurses were needed to care for the sick and injured, especially during the Blitz; they were also crucial for air-raid work and fire-watching. The rapidity with which refugees shifted from vilified enemy alien to essential war-worker is explored. The chapter ends with the cessation of hostilities and the growing realisation of the destruction of European Jewry.