The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens
Autor Helen P. Fryen Limba Engleză Hardback – iul 2007
This is the compelling story of the 10,000 German and Austrian nationals who fled Nazi persecution to join the British in their fight against Hitler during the Second World War. Most were Jews but a significant number were political opponents of the Nazi regime and so-called degenerate artists.
They arrived in Britain between 1933 and 1939, and at the outbreak of war on September 3, 1939 became enemy aliens. They volunteered to serve in the British forces, donned the Kings uniform, swore allegiance to George VI and became affectionately known as the Kings most loyal enemy aliens.
This compelling story includes previously unpublished interviews with veterans and an impressive selection of archive photographs, many of which are reproduced for the first time.
They arrived in Britain between 1933 and 1939, and at the outbreak of war on September 3, 1939 became enemy aliens. They volunteered to serve in the British forces, donned the Kings uniform, swore allegiance to George VI and became affectionately known as the Kings most loyal enemy aliens.
This compelling story includes previously unpublished interviews with veterans and an impressive selection of archive photographs, many of which are reproduced for the first time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780750947008
ISBN-10: 0750947004
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 32 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: The History Press Ltd
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0750947004
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 32 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: The History Press Ltd
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Helen Fry PhD is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. During her research for her recent book Jews in North Devon during the Second World War (Halsgrove, 2005), she discovered that one in seven of the German and Austrian refugees who found shelter in Britain prior to 1939 enlisted in the British forces in the Second World War. It was this discovery that set her on the trail of The KingΣs Most Loyal Enemy Aliens. Helen is also the author of a number of articles for specialist journals on aspects of Jewish history. She lives in Devon, England.
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This is the compelling story of the 10,000 German and Austrian nationals who fled Nazi persecution to join the British in their fight against Hitler during the Second World War. Most were Jews but a significant number were political opponents of the Nazi regime and so-called Ψdegenerate artistsΣ. Includes previously unpublished interviews with veterans and an impressive selection of archive photographs, many of which are reproduced for the first time.