The Saved and the Spurned: Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust - Couverture souple

Russell, Noel

 
9781848409392: The Saved and the Spurned: Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1848409397 ISBN 13 : 9781848409392
Editeur : New Island Books, 2024

Synopsis

On the eve of World War II, several hundred persecuted Jews, mainly from Nazi-occupied Vienna, tried to escape to Northern Ireland. They had learned of a Stormont scheme to tackle the region’s chronic unemployment by offering financial support to people who could create jobs.

 

Almost all applicants were rejected, and more than 125 of these men, women and children were murdered in the Holocaust. 

 

Based on extensive archival research, unpublished family memoirs and letters, and interviews with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, this comprehensive account describes the frightening experiences of applicants, and the efforts of émigrés to save their trapped relatives, as well as the tireless work of some Irish people to rescue Jews. It also explores how the small numbers of refugees admitted to Northern Ireland made a major contribution to its economic, social, and cultural life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Noel Russell is a journalist and TV producer, a former News Editor of the Irish News and Editor, Speech Radio, BBC Northern Ireland. He is an MA graduate of Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Michigan, and has written and produced several historical documentaries for BBC Northern Ireland, RTÉ and TG4.

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Éditeur
New Island Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848409397
ISBN 13 
9781848409392
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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