The Cyprus detention camps : the essential research guide / by Yitzhak Teutsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teutsch, Yitzhak, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish refugees--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Jewish refugees.

Noncitizen detention centers--Cyprus.

Noncitizen detention centers.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Israel.

Cyprus.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 361 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

Beginning in August 1946, stateless and visaless Jewsmost of them survivors of the Nazi death campswho sought to immigrate to the Land of Israel were intercepted by the Royal Navy and deported to the nearby island of Cyprus, where they were detained in camps surrounded by barbed wire. Despite occupying a dramatic and fateful position in modern history, this saga has remained largely inaccessible due to the widespread dispersal of the primary sources and the linguistic difficulties presented by them. To address these problems, this book scrutinizes the scholarly literature, consulting hundreds of primary sourcesmany of them previously unknownon three continents, bringing together interviews with scores of eyewitnesses, and translating foreign-language terms into English. The result is a comprehensive, meticulously footnoted guide that uses such tools as maps, a detailed timeline, and biographical entries to make this riveting saga accessible to a broad audience of scholars and general readers.

Beginning in August 1946, stateless and visaless Jewsmost of them survivors of the Nazi death campswho sought to immigrate to the Land of Israel were intercepted by the Royal Navy and deported to the nearby island of Cyprus, where they were detained in camps surrounded by barbed wire. Despite occupying a dramatic and fateful position in modern history, this saga has remained largely inaccessible due to the widespread dispersal of the primary sources and the linguistic difficulties presented by them. To address these problems, this book scrutinizes the scholarly literature, consulting hundreds of primary sources many of them previously unknown on three continents, bringing together interviews with scores of eyewitnesses, and translating foreign-language terms into English. The result is a comprehensive, meticulously footnoted guide that uses such tools as maps, a detailed timeline, and biographical entries to make this riveting saga accessible to a broad audience of scholars and general readers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781527535008

1527535002

OCLC:

1104614638

Publisher Number:

99981975193