Part 1. Introduction and background 1. The Second World War: The strategic situation in Palestine and military operations in the Middle East (1939–1945) 2. Political background: The Jewish-Arab conflict and the British government. Part 2. Living in wartime 3. Civil defence, rationing, and press censorship. 4. Anxious days, 1941 and 1942. 5. The Templers in Palestine in the Second World War: The end of an era. 6. Spies and counterspies. 7. The German ̶ Arab parachuted mission, October 1944 (Operation Atlas). 8. State control of radio and propaganda. Part 3. Living in Jerusalem. 9. Communities and social life. 10. Hotels, cafés, cinemas, and tourism. 11. The New Jerusalem: A history of two neighborhoods. 12. The Arab leadership in the war: Prominent families and politics. Part 4. Writing on Jerusalem 13. Writers and poets: Seeing the city through their eyes. Part 5. History moves on 14. Jerusalem 1945–1948
Biography
Dr. Daphna Sharfman is the author of books and articles in the fields of human rights, human rights and foreign policy, gender studies, and the British mandate in Palestine. Publications include Palestine in the Second World War: Strategic Plans and Political Dilemmas – the Emergence of a New Middle East (2014), Refugees, Human Rights and Realpolitic (2019) and Clandestine Immigration from Italy 1945–1948. (Hebrew) (2020).
"This book, based on extensive research in British and Israeli archives, focuses on the city of Jerusalem during World War II. The author reviews strategic, military and economic aspects, as well as intelligence and counter-espionage operation. In addition, there is a unique and interesting point of view, that presents life in the city as an intriguing social and cultural entity: The author illuminates the vast variety of its residents encompassing all religions, whose lives are parallel and sometimes overlap, These residents lived under British Mandate rules in times of war, economic austerity, and potential German occupation. The author introduces us to stories, events, and points of view that revive an era that no longer exists." - Marilyn P. Safir, University of Haifa
