Book contents
- The Humanitarians
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- The Humanitarians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Saving
- Part II Evacuating
- 3 Humanitarianism and Child Refugee Sponsorship
- 4 Campaigns to Evacuate Jewish Child Refugees
- 5 British Child Evacuees to Australia
- 6 Aileen Fitzpatrick and Reuniting Greek Families Separated by War
- Part III Assimilating and Adopting
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - Campaigns to Evacuate Jewish Child Refugees
from Part II - Evacuating
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2022
- The Humanitarians
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- The Humanitarians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Saving
- Part II Evacuating
- 3 Humanitarianism and Child Refugee Sponsorship
- 4 Campaigns to Evacuate Jewish Child Refugees
- 5 British Child Evacuees to Australia
- 6 Aileen Fitzpatrick and Reuniting Greek Families Separated by War
- Part III Assimilating and Adopting
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The evacuation of Jewish children from Europe to Palestine through the Youth Aliyah programme drew global attention. Chapter 4 considers the fundraising activities in the Australian and Jewish community around the organisation of Youth Aliyah, which attracted leading humanitarians such as Aileen Fitzpatrick, Jessie Street, Ruby Rich and Camilla Wedgewood. Youth Aliyah was founded in Germany in 1932 by Recha Freier, a committed Zionist, who was also active during the 1930s in Women’s International Zionist Organisation. At the time, there was resistance to the idea of uprooting children and taking them to Palestine to receive an agrarian, socialist education. As it became clear the Nazi resolve was to eradicate the Jewish population, Youth Aliyah became a fully fledged child rescue effort. From 1933 to 1945, it evacuated 11,000 Jewish children, relocating them to Palestine. There has been little work on the global dimension of this campaign. By focusing on these fundraising efforts and other attempts to support Jewish children in Australia, Chapter 4 explores Youth Aliyah as a transnational global movement.
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- The HumanitariansChild War Refugees and Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational World, 1919–1975, pp. 108 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022