Noel Russell

The Saved and the Spurned (eBook, ePUB)

Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For several months before World War II, hundreds of persecuted Jews, mainly from Nazi-occupied Vienna, tried to escape to Northern Ireland. They had learned of a Stormont job-creation scheme to tackle the regionxe2x80x99s chronic unemployment by offering financial support to skilled professionals. 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 Based on extensive archival research, unpublished family memoirs and letters, and interviews with survivors and their descendants, this extraordinary book describes the applicantsxe2x80x99 desperate efforts to save their families and themselves, and highlights the tireless work done by committed Northern Irish people to rescue them. It also explores how the small numbers of refugees admitted made a major contribution to Northern Irelandxe2x80x99s economic, social and cultural life that continues to this day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Island
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781835940006
• Artikelnr.: 71364313

Autorenporträt

Noel Russell is a journalist and TV producer,xc2xa0a 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, RTxc3x89 and TG4.