The Clothes on Our Backs: How Refugees from Nazism Revitalised the British Fashion Trade

by Anna Nyburg

Jews had long been active in the clothing trade in Europe, developing new production and retail methods and excelling as designers. What happened to these Jews in the clothing industry after the Nazis came to power in 1933? Many found asylum in Britain, where soon the refugee owners of Kangol and other firms were employing thousands of British workers at a time of dreadfully high unemployment. When war broke out, it was Kangol who made the berets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912676257
• ISBN13: 9781912676255
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"