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Jews and other foreigners : Manchester and the rescue of the victims of European Fascism, 1933?40.
Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. By exploring the responses of particular segments of Manchester society, from Jewish communal organisations a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2011.
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- Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; 1. Introduction: Jewish refugees in Manchester; 2. Speak no evil: Manchester Jewry and refugees, 1933-1937; 3. 'Displaced scholars':1 refugees at the University of Manchester; 4. 'Refugees and Eccles Cakes': refugee industrialists in the Manchester region; 5. 'Something ought to be done': Manchester Quakers and refugees,1933-1937; 6. The forgotten refugees: Manchester and the Basque children of 1937; 7. 'The work of succouring refugees is going forward': the Manchester Jewish Refugees Committee, 1939-1940.
- 8. 'Serious concern': the Manchester Quakers and refugees, 1938-19409. 'Our remaining comrades inCzechoslovakia': the Manchester branch of the KPD; 10.'Not because they are Jews': the Catholic Church in Salford and refugees; 11. 'Inspired idealism': Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld and Manchester; 12. The Harris House girls: girls from the Kinder transport in Southport,1938-1940; 13. 'A haven of safety': refugees and the Manchester Women's Lodge of B'nai Brith; 14. 'Outposts of Jewish Palestine': young Zionist refugees in Manchester.
- 15. 'The most difficult boys to handle': refugees at the Stockport hostel, 1939-194016. 'By the grace of the Almighty': refugees and the Manchester Yeshiva; 17. 'From slavery and persecution tofreedomand kindness': refugees at the Manchester Jewish Home for the Aged; 18. 'Bright young refugees': refugees and schools in the Manchester region; 19. 'Humanitarianism of the greatestvalue': Manchester Rotarians andrefugees; 20. The saved and the trapped: refugees and those they left behind; 21. 'The Dutch orphans': war refugees inManchester; 22. Pacifism and rescue: the case ofLionel Cowan.
- 23. Conclusion: the victims of Fascism andthe liberal cityBibliography; Index.