Blatant injustice : the story of a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II / Walter W. Igersheimer ; edited and with a foreword by Ian Darragh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Igersheimer, Walter W.

Contributor:

Darragh, Ian.

Series:

Footprints series (Montreal, Quebec)

Footprints series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Igersheimer, Walter W.

Jewish refugees--Canada--Biography.

Jewish refugees.

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 231 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After escaping from Nazi Germany with his family, Igersheimer was completing his medical studies when he was caught in the panic that led to the internment of 30,000 German and Italian citizens living in Britain. They were placed behind barbed wire and treated as enemies. Many of the Jewish refugees were then sent to prisons in Canada, but the internees did not let the authorities crush their creativity or desire for an education: they started a free university, mounted plays, and wrote musicals. Laced with black humour, Blatant Injustice is a story of resilience and determination.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Author's Preface

Chronology

The Approaching Thunder of War

False Hope in London

The Prison Ship

Hostile Reception in Quebec

The Hunger Complex

Music behind Barbed Wire

Camp University

First Contact

Break-up of Camp L

The "Promised Land"

Rebellion

Despair

The British Home Office Representative

Land of Ice and Snow

Paterson Pleads Our Cause

Paterson's Failed Mission

Cuba Fever

Release from Canada

Schemes and Spies in Havana

New Start in the USA

Epilogue

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-224) and index.

ISBN:

9786612863172

9781282863170

1282863177

9780773572508

0773572503

OCLC:

923231368