"Between 1933 and the outbreak of war in 1939, over 60,000 Jewish refugees from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia fled to Britain, and some 50,000 settled there. No previous historical study of this group of immigrants exists, though they form one of the most high-profile groups of refugees to have come to Britain in the twentieth century, both as survivors of the Nazi terror and as high-achieving contributors to British society. Auth ..."
Changing Countries(1st Edition) The Experience and Achievement of German-Speaking Exiles from Hitler in Britain, 1933 to Today by Marian Malet, AnthonyGrenville Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2001 by Libris Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-870352-61-1, ISBN: 1-870352-61-0
Encounters with Albion Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism (Germanic Literatures) by AnthonyGrenville Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 2018 by Legenda ISBN-13: 978-1-78188-707-3, ISBN: 1-78188-707-1
"While much has been written about British attitudes to the Jewish refugees from Hitler who fled to this country after 1933, little attention has been paid to the ways in which those refugees perceived and depicted their (often somewhat reluctant) hosts. From their impressions on arrival, through the tumultuous events of World War II and mass internment, and on into the long period of integration after 1945, Anthony Grenville expertly tr ..."
"The Austrian Centre was established in London in 1939 by Austrians seeking refuge from Nazi Germany, of whom 30,000 had reached Britain by the outbreak of World War II. It soon developed into a comprehensive social, cultural and political organisation with a theatre and a weekly newspaper of its own. A Communist-influenced organisation, it also followed a distinct political agenda. In the first book on the cultural and political life of ..."
"The Austrian Centre was established in London in 1939 by Austrians seeking refuge from Nazi Germany, of whom 30,000 had reached Britain by the outbreak of World War II. It soon developed into a comprehensive social, cultural and political organisation with a theatre and a weekly newspaper of its own. A Communist-influenced organisation, it also followed a distinct political agenda. In the first book on the cultural and political life of ..."
"Christian values played a decisive part in the lives of Christel Marsh and Ruth
Herring. ... the extent that she did; in the parents' generation, only Margarete
Hinrichsen's father consciously put himself in the position of risking his life for his
faith."
Encounters with Albion Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism by AnthonyGrenville Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2017 by Legenda ISBN-13: 978-1-909662-94-0, ISBN: 1-909662-94-1
"While much has been written about British attitudes to the Jewish refugees from Hitler who fled to this country after 1933, little attention has been paid to the ways in which those refugees perceived and depicted their (often somewhat reluctant) hosts. From their impressions on arrival, through the tumultuous events of World War II and mass internment, and on into the long period of integration after 1945, Anthony Grenville expertly tr ..."
Encounters with Albion Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism (Germanic Literatures) by Grenville, Anthony Trade Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2020 by Legenda ISBN-13: 978-1-78188-408-9, ISBN: 1-78188-408-0
Continental Britons Jewish Refugees from Nazi Europe by AnthonyGrenville, Jewish Museum (London, England) and Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain (2002, Book, Illustrated) by AnthonyGrenville Hardcover, Published 2002 by Jewish Museum And Assn Of Jewish Refugees ISBN-13: 978-1-871447-13-2, ISBN: 1-871447-13-5
Cockpit of Ideologies The Literature and Political History of the Weimar Republic (Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur ... Studies in German Language and Literature) by AnthonyGrenville Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 1995 by Peter Lang Ag ISBN-13: 978-3-906753-74-4, ISBN: 3-906753-74-3
"The literature of the Weimar Republic is distinguished both by its exceptional quality and by the endless fascination of its historical period. This study is the first to analyse a representative selection of Weimar literature by setting it in the context of an in-depth presentation of the historical events, forces and developments that helped to mould it. Appealing to both literary and historical scholars, this book creates a methodolo ..."
"This volume gives an extensive overview of current developments in the field of archival collections relating to German-speaking refugees located in Germany, Austria, the USA, Ireland and the UK. The contributions illustrate the three interlinked areas of refugee archives, Exile and Migration Studies research and related databases and other resources. The articles investigate their interrelationship as well as the future challenges faci ..."
"He subsequently worked for a number of publishers, illustrating collections of
fairy tales and the fiction of some of the best ... Michael Rosen 's version of the
Eulenspiegel stories, The Wicked Tricks ofTill Owlyglass.40 Wegner's connection
with ... He spoke in the interview of a lifelong love of children's books, confirmed
by his large collection. and of being drawn to the gentle, ... The text of Andre
Maurois's interwar paci- f ..."
""Exile and Everyday Life" focusses on the everyday life experience of refugees fleeing National Socialism in the 1930s and 1940s as well as the representation of this experience in literature and culture. The contributions in this volume show experiences of loss, strategies of adaptation and the creation of a new identity and life. It covers topics such as Exile in Shanghai, Ireland, the US and the UK, food in exile, the writers Gina Ka ..."
"Political Exile and Exile Politics in Britain after 1933 brings together a number of scholarly essays that shed light on a hitherto neglected aspect of the experience of German and Austrian refugees in Britain - their political activities in their country of refuge and how these were viewed (and used) by the British government and its Secret Service. This volume does not claim to be exhaustive. However, it offers a range of case studi ..."
"This volume fills an important gap in research on the refugees from Nazism who settled in Britain, by giving a full and wide-ranging account of the organizations that they established. The contributions cover these organizations chronologically, from those that did not outlast the war to those still active today, and in terms of their function, as cultural or religious institutions, as historical resources for the study of Nazism and th ..."
Émigré Voices Conversations with Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria (The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies; Volume 21) by Bea Lewkowicz, AnthonyGrenville Paperback, Published 2021 by Brill, Netherlands ISBN-13: 978-90-04-46907-5, ISBN: 90-04-46907-9
"In Émigré VoicesLewkowicz and Grenville present twelve oral history interviews with men and women who came to Britain as Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria in the late 1930s, many of whom known for their enormous contributions to ..."
Stimmen der Flucht(1st Edition) Österreichische Emigration nach Großbritannien 1938/39 by AnthonyGrenville Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2011 by Czernin Verlags Gmbh ISBN-13: 978-3-7076-0395-8, ISBN: 3-7076-0395-4
"Das Buch erscheint gleichzeitig als Band 72 in der Reihe "Publications of the Institute of Germanic Studies" (University of London) "Keine Klage über England", meinte die Journalistin und Schriftstellerin Hilde Spiel im Rückblick auf ihre Londoner Exiljahre. Die hier versammelten Aufsätze zeugen davon, daß ihre Auffassung von vielen, aber keineswegs von allen deutschsprechenden Exilanten in Großbritannien geteilt wurde. Sie dokumentiere ..."