03903nam 22006734a 450 991096526020332120200520144314.097803130757110313075719(CKB)1000000000008457(OCoLC)70765303(CaPaEBR)ebrary10020819(SSID)ssj0000269544(PQKBManifestationID)11192074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269544(PQKBWorkID)10247602(PQKB)11020304(MiAaPQ)EBC4661975(MiAaPQ)EBC3000711(Au-PeEL)EBL3000711(CaPaEBR)ebr10020819(Perlego)4203074(EXLCZ)99100000000000845720010208d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWe built up our lives education and community among Jewish refugees interned by Britain in World War II /Maxine Schwartz Seller1st ed.Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press20011 online resource (264 p.) Contributions to the study of world history,0885-9159 ;no. 92Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780313318153 0313318158 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "We Had to Go"-Life in the Third Reich -- 2 From Refugees to Internees -- 3 Making the Best of It -- 4 Creating Community -- 5 Education in the Men's Camps -- 6 Education in the Women's Camp -- 7 Getting Out and Looking Back -- Bibliographic Essay and Sources -- Index.Fearing an imminent Nazi invasion, the British government interned 28, 000 men and women of enemy nationality living in Britain in the spring of 1940. Most were Jewish refugees who, having fled Nazi persecution, were appalled to find themselves imprisoned as potential Nazi spies. Using oral histories, unpublished letters and memoirs, artifacts and newspapers from the camps, and government documents, We Built Up Our Lives tells the compelling story of sixty-three of these internees. It is a seldom-told part of the history of World War II and the Holocaust and a classic tale of human courage and resilience. We Built Up Our Lives describes the survival mechanisms relied upon by the Jewish refugees. Although the internees, imprisoned in Britain, the Isle of Man, Canada, and Australia, were adequately housed and fed and rarely mistreated, they were cut off from family, friends, school, and work--everything that had given meaning to their lives. Resisting boredom, anger, and despair, the internees made the best of a bad situation by creating education, culture, and community within the camps. Before and after as well as during the internment--in Nazi Germany and in Britain--educational resources and social networks were essential to the refugees' efforts to build up their lives. Equally important were personal qualities of courage, ingenuity, assertiveness, and resilience. Contributions to the study of world history ;no. 92.Jewish refugeesGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945JewsGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Concentration campsGreat BritainJews, GermanGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainEthnic relationsJewish refugeesWorld War, 1939-1945JewsWorld War, 1939-1945Concentration campsJews, GermanHistory941/.004924043Seller Maxine1935-1805306MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965260203321We built up our lives4353788UNINA