LEADER 03698nam 22006855 450 001 9910886076903321 005 20250807130437.0 010 $a9783031671418 010 $a3031671414 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-67141-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31648284 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31648284 035 $a(CKB)34825775200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-67141-8 035 $a(OCoLC)1455139676 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934825775200041 100 $a20240903d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHolocaust Survivors in Postwar Britain $eCommunity and Belonging /$fby Ellis Spicer 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (261 pages) 311 08$a9783031671401 311 08$a3031671406 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Decisions -- 3. Rehabilitation -- 4. Distraction -- 5. Community -- 6. Activism -- 7. Conclusion. 330 $aMy late father was one of 732 young holocaust survivors who arrived in the Uk in 1945.Most of these children had lost their entire families and endured imaginable suffering and loss.The group became known as the ?Boys? although 180 were girls! In 1965 they started the 45 Aid society with 3 missions , to look after each other, teach the lessons of the Holocaust, and to give back to their adopted country, that they were internally grateful to. Ellis Spicer?s powerful story of the ?Boys? holds important lessons for shaping a better future.?Angela Cohen MBE Chair of 45 Aid society This book pays particular attention to the experiences of younger child survivors of the Holocaust, considering how they kept in touch with one another, and how they integrated into larger cohorts of survivors settling in postwar Britain. Digging deeper than ever before into their postwar circumstances exposes the process of rebuilding shattered lives and the evolution of community relations, including both the beneficial and re-traumatising effects engendered by these networks. Newly conducted interviews put the experiences of younger survivors centre stage. These individuals did not receive much attention or status as survivors until the 1990s, and whilst they represent the most active cohort of survivor speakers in the UK, their narratives and community relations have been markedly absent from academic study. Ellis Spicer is an affiliate of the Centre for the History of War, Media and Society at the University of Kent, UK. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aOral history 606 $aCollective memory 606 $aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aModern History 606 $aOral History 606 $aMemory Studies 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aOral history. 615 0$aCollective memory. 615 14$aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aOral History. 615 24$aMemory Studies. 676 $a155.93 700 $aSpicer$b Ellis$01790902 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910886076903321 996 $aHolocaust Survivors in Postwar Britain$94327722 997 $aUNINA