The Palgrave handbook of Britain and the Holocaust
Intro -- : Preface -- Untitled -- : Contents -- : List of Contributors -- : List of Figures -- 1 Britain and the Holocaust: An Introduction -- Britain and the Holocaust -- The 'Holocaust' in Britain -- Reading This Volume -- Conclusion -- Part I Political Contexts -- 2 British Interwar Fas...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature Switzerland AG,
[2020]
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| Schlagworte: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Electronic books Großbritannien Zweiter Weltkrieg Judenvernichtung |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 510 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- : Preface -- Untitled -- : Contents -- : List of Contributors -- : List of Figures -- 1 Britain and the Holocaust: An Introduction -- Britain and the Holocaust -- The 'Holocaust' in Britain -- Reading This Volume -- Conclusion -- Part I Political Contexts -- 2 British Interwar Fascism and Anti-fascism -- Proto-fascists and Parafascists -- The Emergence of the British Union of Fascists -- The BUF and Antisemitism: Challenging a Consensus -- The East End Campaign and Anti-fascism -- New Directions -- 3 The Agenda of British Refugee Policy, 1933-48 -- Context and Priorities -- Pre-war Policy -- Wartime Policy -- The Response to the Holocaust -- Post-war Policy -- Conclusion -- Part II Refugees in Britain: 1933-39 -- 4 The Immigration and Reception of Jewish Refugees from the Third Reich -- The Preconditions for Emigration to Britain -- Emigration to Britain from the Third Reich, 1933-38 -- Emigration to Britain from the Third Reich, 1938-39 -- 5 'I Remember Their Labels Round Their Necks' Britain and the Kindertransport -- Part III War and Holocaust -- 6 Knowledge in Britain of the Holocaust During the Second World War -- Chronology of Knowledge -- The Structured and Regular Arrival of Information -- The Role of Information Gatekeepers -- Explaining Response -- Conclusion -- 7 The Unlikely Tale of a Hero Named Coward: Uncomfortable Truths and the Necessary War -- Coward the Hero -- The Evolution of Coward's Story -- Coward at the I.G. Farben Trial -- The Password Is Courage -- Coward in Context -- Conclusion -- 8 Belsen and the British -- The Military at Belsen -- Medical Care After Liberation -- 'the Search in Belsen' -- Belsen as a Death Camp -- Part IV Punishment and Memory -- 9 'Where, Exactly, Is Auschwitz?' British Confrontation with the Holocaust Through the Medium of the 1945 'Belsen' Trial -- Initial Encounters with Belsen. This handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date single volume on the history and memory of the Holocaust in Britain. It traces the complex relationship between Britain and the destruction of Europe?s Jews, from societal and political responses to persecution in the 1930s, through formal reactions to war and genocide, to works of representation and remembrance in post-war Britain. Through this process the handbook not only updates existing historiography of Britain and the Holocaust; it also adds new dimensions to our understanding by exploring the constant interface and interplay of history and memory. The chapters bring together internationally renowned academics and talented younger scholars. Collectively, they examine a raft of themes and issues concerning the actions of contemporaries to the Holocaust, and the responses of those who came ?after?. At a time when the Holocaust-related activity in Britain proceeds apace, the contributors to this handbook highlight the importance of rooting what we know and understand about Britain and the Holocaust in historical actuality. This, the volume suggests, is the only way to respond meaningfully to the challenges posed by the Holocaust and ensure that the memory of it has purpose |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 510 Seiten) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9783030559328 3030559327 9783030559311 3030559319 |