The Saved and the Spurned: Northern Ireland, Vienna and the Holocaust

by Noel Russell

Details Jewish refugees' desperate attempts to escape to Northern Ireland before World War II and their lasting impact.

For several months before World War II, hundreds of persecuted Jews, mainly from Nazi-occupied Vienna, tried to escape to Northern Ireland. They had learned of a Stormont job-creation scheme to tackle the region's chronic unemployment by offering financial support to skilled professionals.

Almost all applicants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848409397
• ISBN13: 9781848409392
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: New Island Books
• Length: 320 Pages