The Safe House Down Under: Jewish Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Australia 1938-1944

ISBN-13: 9781906165567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 344 str.

Anna Rosenbaum

Opis

After the fall of Czechoslovakia in 1939, some Czechoslovak Jews turned to Australia to seek refuge from Nazi persecution. Based on archival sources and original interviews, this book offers insights into the experiences of Jewish refugees down under and sheds light on Australia's involvement in one of the defining moments of the twentieth century.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: The Small Country in the Heart of Europe - The Rise of Fascism and National Socialism - On Australia's Horizon - 1938: Australian Responses to the Munich Agreement - The Aftermath of the Munich Agreement - Czechoslovakia's Refugee Crisis: The Australian Perspective - Australia and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - Emigration - Australia and the Czechoslovak Government in Exile - Czechoslovak Jews Down Under: Individual Stories.

O autorze

Anna Rosenbaum holds a PhD from the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney.