We Fight Fascists - The 43 Group and the Forgotten Battle for Postwar Britain

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Sonabend is a writer and historian who lives in London. He studied for his MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History at Cambridge University. For the past six years he has been researching the 43 Group and working to share its story. This is his first book. Klappentext In 1946 many Jewish soldiers returned to their homes in England imagining that they had fought and defeated the forces of fascism in Europe. Yet in London they found a revived fascist movement inspired by Sir Oswald Mosley and stirring up agitation against Jews and communists. Many felt that the government, the police and even the Jewish Board of Deputies were ignoring the threat; so they had to take matters into their own hands, by any means necessary.Forty-three Jewish servicemen met together and set up a group that tirelessly organised, infiltrated meetings, and broke up street demonstrations to stop the rebirth of the far right. The group included returned war heroes; women who went undercover; and young Jews, such as hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, seeking adventure. From 1947, the 43 Group grew into a powerful troop that could muster hundreds of fighters turning meetings into mass street brawls at short notice.The history of the 43 Group is not just a gripping story of a forgotten moment in Britain's postwar history; it is also a timely lesson in how to confront fascism, and how to win. Zusammenfassung The story of the Jewish ex-servicemen who fought against Oswald Mosley after World War II

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Sonabend
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2020
• EAN: 9781788733243
• ISBN: 978-1-78873-324-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; History, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Fascism & Nazism, Archaeology, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Far-right political ideologies and movements, History and Archaeology, Pressure groups & lobbying