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Discusses the attitudes and fluctuating policies of Winston Churchill towards the Jews and Zionism. Churchill attacked the 1905 Aliens Act, designed to restrict Jewish immigration to Britain. However, he may have been motivated partly by opportunism, as his Manchester constituency contained a high proportion of Jewish voters. He was not above exploiting antisemitism in an attack on Sir Marcus Samuel ...

"Ist es ein neuer Historikerstreit? Die Erinnerung an den Holocaust in Deutschland steht plötzlich in der Kritik. Was eben noch als eine politische und gesellschaftliche Errungenschaft galt, verstehen manche nun als einen "Katechismus", der den Deutschen aufgezwungen sei und über dessen Einhaltung "Hohepriester" wachten. Seine wahre Funktion sei es, andere historische Verbrechen auszublenden und ...

Outcome of a 5 year research programme funded by the European Science Foundation 2003-2008: Representations of the past: the writing of national histories in 19th and 20th century Europe. .. dl. ; 24 cm.

This collection of material relates to the 50^th anniversary of the Kindertransporte, which saved some 10,000 German, Austrian and Czech Jews from the Nazis in 1938/9. The bulk of this collection consists of press cuttings some of which (1347/9-13) are personal accounts including testimony from former Kinder, members of welfare organisations in GB, and helpers who accompanied the children.<br/><br/>Note ...

Section 1 and 3: Eric Weyl smokes a cigarette while sitting at a table (continuation of shot in RG-60.1740 at 01:01:17). Two women outdoors in a wool coats and hats, snow on the ground, they walk along a sidewalk. The taller woman is Else Weyl, who later walks with her brother-in-law Paul Weyl, the man with spectacles. They make faces at the cameraman. Family members walk on the city street (shops, ...