in september, the german legation and women and children from the expat community were permitted to travel to europe, as were the other axis legations. german men of fighting age (18-45) were rounded up, most preferring british to soviet control. a few went into soviet hands and were shipped to siberia. the british then separated out jewish germans who could remain in persia. the remaining men were sent to india for internment, some ended up in camps in australia.