1st Edition
Escape Through Austria Jewish Refugees and the Austrian Route to Palestine
144 Pages
by
Routledge
After World War II, Jewish refugee camps were scattered across Germany and Austria. Austria straddled the escape routes for the refugees from Central Europe to Italy, where they were able to board illegal immigrant ships for Mandatory Palestine. This work covers insights into modern Jewish history.
The Zionist option - Israel and the Holocaust survivors in Austria, Thomas Albrich; upper Austria, intermediate stop - reception camps and housing schemes for Jewish DPs and refugees in transit, Michael John; Vienna - gateway to freedom? The Bricha and the Rothschild hospital, Christine Oertel; Jewish refugees aid in the Salzburg area - the Bricha and Betar network 1945-1948, Susanne Rolinek; prejudices and conflicts between locals and Jewish DPs in Salzburg and upper Austria, Norbert Ramp; between Brenner and Bari - Jewish refugees in Italy, 1945-1948, Eva Pfanzelter.
Biography
Thomas Albrich, Ronald W. Zweig
