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Blatant injustice : the story of a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II /

"Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment of camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were the common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir is a harrowng account of the pervasi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Igersheimer, Walter W.
Otros Autores: Darragh, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
Colección:Footprints (Cheltenham, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment of camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were the common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir is a harrowng account of the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism during the war years, exposing a shameful period in the British and Canadian war record." "After escaping from Nazi Germany with his family, Igersheimer was completing his medical studies when he was caught in the panic that led to the internment of 30,000 German and Italian citizens living in Britain. Imprisoned behind barbed wire and treated as enemies, many of the Jewish refugees, including Igersheimer, were then sent to prison camps in Canada. Unable to get the Canadian government to release them, the internees refused to let the authorities crush their creativity or desire for an education: they started a free university, mounted plays, and wrote musicals."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxix, 231 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.
ISBN:9780773572508
0773572503
1282863177
9781282863170
9786612863172
661286317X