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His Majesty's Enemies: Great Britain's War Against Holocaust Victims and Survivors [Hardcover]
Itamar LevinItamar Levin (Author)
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Editorial ReviewsReview“Itamar Levin's new book provides convincing evidence that similar conflicts produced a distinctly unfriendly British response toward postwar Jewish efforts to recover lost or confiscated property....Levin has an important story to tell, and he tells it with a readable, if sometimes exaggerated, passion.”–German Studies Review “...a solid piece of scholarship...Students of Britain in the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Allied policy during the Nazi era, would benefit from reading this book...”–Albion Fall 2002 “...the first book to describe a relatively unknown injustice committed by the British government against the Jewish people during the holocaust era.”–Bulletin of Arnol & Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research Book DescriptionExamines British policy toward Jews during the Holocaust and the ongoing struggle to retrieve the victims' property. Product DescriptionLevin, the journalist who uncovered the affair, tells the unbelievable story of looting of the property of Holocaust victims by Britain--the country that prevented the saving of thousands of victims--and the decades-long struggle to right the wrong. About the AuthorITAMAR LEVIN is Deputy Editor in Chief of Globes-Israel's Business Newspaper.Most Helpful Customer Reviews 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The Shams of Great Britain, This review is from: On the eve of the Holocaust, fearing that Europe was about to be engulfed in flames, thousands of Jews deposited their money in British banks. After the war, those who survived the death camps and the ghettos were to learn that the faith they had put in British moral code was in vain. "You are enemy citizens, therefore your property has been confiscated and will be used to compensate British citizens for their damaged and losses", the survivors were told, to their utter dismay. Any and all attempts made to alter this policy and require Great Britain to follow just and moral guidelines, have been futile. His Majesty's Enemies: Great Britain's War Against Holocaust Victims and Survivors (Hardcover) That was the last and most cynical stage of the British anti-Jewish policy before World War II and afterwords. The Land of Israel, rogue of the Jewish people, had its gates locked in the face of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution and the survivors of genocide. When the Holocaust was at its height, Great Britain leaned back with arms crossed, refused to bomb Auschwitz and refrained from granting refuge to even a few hundred Jewish children whose lived could have been saved. Britain's role in the Holocaust victims' property affair, one of the most shameful to be revealed since the Swiss banks affair, was buried for decade under piles of paperwork and documents. I had the privilege of uncovering the affair, and this revelation finally forced the British government to change - albeit partially and tentatively - policies it had clung for over 50 years. But this vindication is as yet incomplete and many heirs still seek justice. My book, therefore, documents the past and calls for change in the present. | NATASHA DORNBERG is a high tech consultant. |
