Britain and the Jews of Europe 1939-1945

by Bernard Wasserstein

Book Overview

This moving book provides the first serious examination of the British government's policy towards the Jews during the Second World War.
Drawing on archival sources in Britain, the United States, and Israel, Bernard Wasserstein explores the reasons for the near-total war-time ban on Jewish refugee immigration to Britain, the restrictive immigration policy in Palestine, the internment and deportation of aliens in Britain, and the abortive 1943...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192821857
• ISBN13: 9780192821850
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"