Encounters with Albion: Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism

Anthony Grenville

Encounters with Albion
Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism

Anthony Grenville

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22 August 2018 • 196pp

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While much has been written about British attitudes to the Jewish refugees from Hitler who fled to this country after 1933, little attention has been paid to the ways in which those refugees perceived and depicted their (often somewhat reluctant) hosts. From their impressions on arrival, through the tumultuous events of World War II and mass internment, and on into the long period of integration after 1945, Anthony Grenville expertly traces the development of refugee responses to their new homeland. Drawing on a wide range of novels, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries and letters by Jewish refugees, he recreates the course of a complex and sometimes fraught relationship, but one that ultimately arrived at a largely settled resolution.

Anthony Grenville is Chair of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, University of London, and was Consultant Editor of the Association of Jewish Refugees Journal, 2006-17.

Reviews:

‘Some of the most moving stories, though, are written by less well-known figures: tales of loneliness; the humiliating treatment of domestic servants; stories of loss by children who arrived with the Kindertransport... Grenville has trawled the archives of the AJR and numerous books and diaries for stories which help us understand the experience of refugees. It is hard to think of anyone who has done more to open up their world and bring it to life.’ — David Herman, Jewish Chronicle 26 October 2018
‘By examining the writings of Jews who had escaped to the UK, Grenville has pieced together an invaluable account of the feelings of shock, anger and confusion which those who were interned experienced.’ — Robert Philpot, The Times of Israel 2 December 2018
‘Unusually for an academic publication, Grenville’s book will move its readers in several ways: the plight of the refugees in a strange country; their differing degrees of success; the crude and unfeeling ways in which the British authorities dealt with so many internees; the incomprehension towards refugees that was displayed by a large number of British citizens; and, conversely, the kindness, generosity and warm-heartedness that was shown by so many ordinary people to total strangers whose language they did not speak and for whose culture they often had little comprehension.’ — Richard Sheppard, Journal of European Studies 51.2, June 2021, 157-59 (full text online)
‘Grenvilles Methode der Darstellung beruht auf einem close reading und de- taillierter Textinterpretation, wobei Grenville hier literarische und historische, oft kulturwissenschaftliche Analyse kombiniert. Durch die Zitate und Kommentare können LeserInnen sich einen guten Einblick in die Textgrundlage verschaffen, was besonders wichtig ist, denn die herangezogenen Texte wurden meistens auf Englisch geschrieben, sind aber nicht immer leicht zugänglich.’ — Eva-Maria Thüne, Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik 53.1, 2021, 226-29

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ix-x	Acknowledgements A.G. doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.3	Cite
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1-4	Introduction Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.4	Cite
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5-33	Chapter 1 Arrival and Early Years in Britain Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.5	Cite
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34-64	Chapter 2 Internment Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.6	Cite
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65-90	Chapter 3 Memories of Wartime Service and Combat Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.7	Cite
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91-109	Chapter 4 the Years of Settlement 1945–60 Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.8	Cite
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110-129	Chapter 5 Established Refugee Writers Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.9	Cite
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130-148	Chapter 6 the Child Refugee’s Perspective Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.10	Cite
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149-175	Chapter 7 A Wealth of Memoirs: Autobiographies of the 1990s and 2000s Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.11	Cite
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176-176	Afterword Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.12	Cite
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177-180	Bibliography Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.13	Cite
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181-183	Index Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.14	Cite
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184-186	Index of Refugee Writers Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16kkzg8.15	Cite
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Encounters with AlbionBritain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism

Anthony Grenville

Encounters with Albion
Britain and the British in Texts by Jewish Refugees from Nazism