Description
| Product ID: | 9780367696962 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right |
| Title: | Fascists in Exile |
| Subtitle: | Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia |
| Authors: | Author: Jayne Persian |
| Page Count: | 182 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Australasian and Pacific history, History, History, Colonialism and imperialism, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Second World War, Social and political philosophy, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Australasian & Pacific history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, The Cold War, Second World War, Social & political philosophy, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Fascism & Nazism, Australia, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1945 to c 1960 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Fascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. Fascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. It explores the far-right backgrounds and continuing political activism of these displaced persons in Australia, adding to our knowledge of the development of Australian anti-communism in the 1950s. These individuals argued that they had been caught between National Socialism and Soviet communism. What might that have meant for their migration and resettlement trajectories? Beyond ‘Nazi-hunting,’ what can this tell us about the challenge they posed to international and national forms, both in Europe and in Australia? This book demonstrates that fascist ideation could not only survive the war’s end but that it continued to be transnational and transcultural. At the same time, anti-fascist protests and then the war crimes investigations of the late 1980s exposed problematic pasts, a legacy with which Australia is still reckoning. The text will appeal to those with an interest in the far right, Australian migration and refugee issues. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-12-19 |
