'Jews and other foreigners' : Manchester and the rescue of the victims of European fascism, 1933-40 / Bill Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Bill, 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--England--Manchester--History--20th century.

Jews.

Manchester (England)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Manchester (England).

Manchester (England)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This text explores the responses in Manchester of particular segments of the city's society to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe to offer a critical analysis of the factors which facilitated and limited the work of rescue and their effect on the lives of the seven or eight thousand European refugees who arrived in Manchester between 1933 and 1940.

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface; 1. Introduction: Jewish refugees in Manchester; 2. Speak no evil: Manchester Jewry and refugees, 1933-1937; 3. 'Displaced scholars':1 refugees at the University of Manchester; 4. 'Refugees and Eccles Cakes': refugee industrialists in the Manchester region; 5. 'Something ought to be done': Manchester Quakers and refugees,1933-1937; 6. The forgotten refugees: Manchester and the Basque children of 1937; 7. 'The work of succouring refugees is going forward': the Manchester Jewish Refugees Committee, 1939-1940

8. 'Serious concern': the Manchester Quakers and refugees, 1938-19409. 'Our remaining comrades in Czechoslovakia': the Manchester branch of the KPD; 10.'Not because they are Jews': the Catholic Church in Salford and refugees; 11. 'Inspired idealism': Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld and Manchester; 12. The Harris House girls: girls from the Kinder transport in Southport,1938-1940; 13. 'A haven of safety': refugees and the Manchester Women's Lodge of B'nai Brith; 14. 'Outposts of Jewish Palestine': young Zionist refugees in Manchester

15. 'The most difficult boys to handle': refugees at the Stockport hostel, 1939-194016. 'By the grace of the Almighty': refugees and the Manchester Yeshiva; 17. 'From slavery and persecution to freedom and kindness': refugees at the Manchester Jewish Home for the Aged; 18. 'Bright young refugees': refugees and schools in the Manchester region; 19. 'Humanitarianism of the greatest value': Manchester Rotarian's and refugees; 20. The saved and the trapped: refugees and those they left behind; 21. 'The Dutch orphans': war refugees in Manchester; 22. Pacifism and rescue: the case of Lionel Cowan

23. Conclusion: the victims of Fascism and the liberal city Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 7, 2026).

ISBN:

1-78170-331-0

1-84779-425-4

OCLC:

818847557