Fascists in Exile (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
182
Utgivningsdatum
2023-12-19
Upplaga
1
Förlag
Routledge
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 10 mm
Vikt
277 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780367696962

Fascists in Exile

Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia

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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 wars 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.
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Jayne Persian is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Southern Queensland. She is the author of Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (2017) and co-editor of Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia (Routledge, 2022). Her research predominantly focuses on Central and Eastern European displaced persons, many of whom migrated to Australia in the post-war period.

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Introduction Prologue: War Criminals, Collaborators, Quislings and Traitors 1. Screening for War Criminals: UNRRA and the IRO 2. Australian Migration Selection Policies and Processes 3. Anti-Fascist Protests 4. The Whole Exiles Set-up in Australia 5. War Crimes Investigations Conclusion