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The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust

The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rosie WhitehousePublish date:2020-10-15Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781787383777ISBN-10:1787383776UPC:9781787383777Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, Middle East, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:20th Century, Israel & PalestineSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCRR9WE713
One summer's night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had survived Auschwitz, hidden and fought in forests and endured death marches--now they were taking on the Royal Navy, running the British blockade of Palestine.

From Eastern Europe to Israel via Germany and Italy, Rosie Whitehouse follows in the footsteps of those secret passengers, uncovering their extraordinary stories--some told for the first time. Who were those people on the beach? Where and what had they come from, and how had they survived? Why, after being liberated, did so many Jews still feel unsafe in Europe? How do we--and don't we--remember the Holocaust today? This remarkable, important book digs deep and travels far in search of answers.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781787383777ISBN-10:1787383776UPC:9781787383777Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, Middle East, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:20th Century, Israel & PalestineSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCRR9WE713
Rosie Whitehouse is a journalist specializing in Jewish life after the Holocaust. She writes for BBC Online, the Observer, The Independent, Tablet magazine, The Jewish Chronicle, Haaretz and others. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she is an historical advisor at the Vienna-based Centropa, a Jewish history institute.
Publisher: Hurst & Co.

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