Dunera Lives: a great book
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This is a great book well worth promoting to old young and middle aged people, particularly those effected by the World War and their relatives.
Peter
Spring Gully
+612 9045 4394
`When scholars of such rigorous and refined erudition engage with a topic of such critical importance it is a cause for celebration, as are the lives themselves, painstakingly recorded so movingly herein. And all of it comes into the world not a moment too soon.' Elliot Perlman
In July 1940, around 2000 refugees, most of whom were Jewish and from Germany or Austria, were sent from Britain to Australia on the HMT Dunera. The story of the `Dunera boys' is an intrinsic part of the history of Australia in the Second World War and in its aftermath. The injustice these men suffered in internment camps at Hay, Tatura and Orange is well known. Less familiar is the tale of what happened to them afterwards. This book tells that story primarily through images. The images, beautiful and powerful, reveal tales of struggle, sadness, transcendence, and creativity, and describe the lives of these men and of the society in which they lived, first as prisoners and then as free men. A contribution to the history of Australia, to the history of migrants and migration, and to the history of human rights, this book helps to tell a story the full dimensions and complexity of which have never been described.
Robert Manne lists Dunera Lives in The next Australian book you'll read, as noted in The Guardian
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This is a great book well worth promoting to old young and middle aged people, particularly those effected by the World War and their relatives.
Peter
Spring Gully
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When scholars of such rigorous and refined erudition engage with a topic of such critical importance it is a cause for celebration, as are the lives themselves, painstakingly recorded so movingly herein. And all of it comes into the world not a moment too soon.-- Elliot Perlman
ISBN: 9781925495492
ISBN-10: 1925495493
Series: History
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 576
Published: 1st August 2018
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3
x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.5
