{"product_id":"dowswell-paul-aliens-9781785907937","title":"Aliens","description":"The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of Britain's fond nostalgia for the Second World War. But there was a darker side to this story, both before and during the conflict. Then, as now, there was great suspicion, resentment and fear - much of it kindled by Britain's infamous tabloid press. Then, as now, government dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees by hiding behind bureaucratic hurdles.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts were a significant presence in British politics and support for Hitler went right to the top. In 1940, shortly before the Blitz, the recently abdicated Edward VIII even told a Spanish journalist that Britain ought to be bombed to bring it to its senses and stop it opposing the Nazis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the 10,000 Kindertransport children have warm memories of the kindness they were shown, but around half a million anti-fascist and Jewish refugees were refused entry and most of them died as a result. Once here, German Jews, especially, found their troubles far from over - 30,000 were rounded up and placed in internment camps. One passenger ship, the Dunera, was packed with an unhappy combination of German Jews and pro-Nazi sympathisers and despatched to Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking use of in-depth research and first-hand interviews, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye on the wartime era to paint a picture of what life was really like in Britain for refugees from fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53502675681622,"sku":"9781785907937-V","price":7.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781785907937_1_1414775a-8624-41c8-b993-1954c78a4bc6.jpg?v=1778151141","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/dowswell-paul-aliens-9781785907937","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}