LEADER 03903nam 22006734a 450 001 9910965260203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780313075711 010 $a0313075719 035 $a(CKB)1000000000008457 035 $a(OCoLC)70765303 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10020819 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269544 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269544 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247602 035 $a(PQKB)11020304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4661975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10020819 035 $a(Perlego)4203074 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000008457 100 $a20010208d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWe built up our lives $eeducation and community among Jewish refugees interned by Britain in World War II /$fMaxine Schwartz Seller 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aContributions to the study of world history,$x0885-9159 ;$vno. 92 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313318153 311 08$a0313318158 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aFearing an imminent Nazi invasion, the British government interned 28, 000 men and women of enemy nationality living in Britain in the spring of 1940. Most were Jewish refugees who, having fled Nazi persecution, were appalled to find themselves imprisoned as potential Nazi spies. Using oral histories, unpublished letters and memoirs, artifacts and newspapers from the camps, and government documents, We Built Up Our Lives tells the compelling story of sixty-three of these internees. It is a seldom-told part of the history of World War II and the Holocaust and a classic tale of human courage and resilience. We Built Up Our Lives describes the survival mechanisms relied upon by the Jewish refugees. Although the internees, imprisoned in Britain, the Isle of Man, Canada, and Australia, were adequately housed and fed and rarely mistreated, they were cut off from family, friends, school, and work--everything that had given meaning to their lives. Resisting boredom, anger, and despair, the internees made the best of a bad situation by creating education, culture, and community within the camps. Before and after as well as during the internment--in Nazi Germany and in Britain--educational resources and social networks were essential to the refugees' efforts to build up their lives. Equally important were personal qualities of courage, ingenuity, assertiveness, and resilience. 410 0$aContributions to the study of world history ;$vno. 92. 606 $aJewish refugees$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xJews$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps$zGreat Britain 606 $aJews, German$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xEthnic relations 615 0$aJewish refugees 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xJews 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps 615 0$aJews, German$xHistory 676 $a941/.004924043 700 $aSeller$b Maxine$f1935-$01805306 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965260203321 996 $aWe built up our lives$94353788 997 $aUNINA