{"product_id":"aliens-1","title":"Aliens","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThewelcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of Britain’s fondnostalgia for the Second World War. But there was a darker side to this story,both before and during the conflict. Then, as now, there was great suspicion,resentment and fear – much of it kindled by Britain’s infamous tabloid press.Then, as now, government dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees byhiding behind bureaucratic hurdles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1930s,Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts were a significant presence in British politics andsupport for Hitler went right to the top. In 1940, shortly before the Blitz,the recently abdicated Edward VIII even told a Spanish journalist that Britainought to be bombed to bring it to its senses and stop it opposing the Nazis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany of the10,000 \u003ci\u003eKindertransport\u003c\/i\u003e children have warm memories of the kindnessthey were shown, but around half a million anti-fascist and Jewish refugeeswere refused entry and most of them died as a result. Once here, German Jews,especially, found their troubles far from over – 30,000 were rounded up andplaced in internment camps. One passenger ship, the \u003ci\u003eDunera\u003c\/i\u003e, waspacked with an unhappy combination of German Jews and pro-Nazi sympathisers anddespatched to Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaking use ofin-depth research and first-hand interviews, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye onthe wartime era to paint a picture of what life was really like in Britain forrefugees from fascism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57402412663166,"sku":"NW9781785907937","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781785907937.jpg?v=1778633771","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/aliens-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}