Bibframe Work

Title

Fascists in exile

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Post-war displaced persons in Australia

Type

Text

Monograph

Contribution

Persian, Jayne (author)

Subject

International Refugee Organization

War criminals--Political activity--Australia (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Australia (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Australia (LCSH)

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Australia (LCSH)

Right-wing extremists--Australia--History (LCSH)

Fascism--Australia--History (LCSH)

Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century (LCSH)

Language

English (eng)

Geographic Coverage

Australia

Classification

LCC: D803 .P47 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

DDC: 940.53/145 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20231018)

Supplementary Content

bibliography (bibliography)

index (index)

Content

text (txt)

Summary

"Fascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. It explores the far-right backgrounds and continuing political activism of these displaced persons in Australia, adding to our knowledge of the development of Australian anti-communism in the 1950s. These individuals argued that they had been caught between National Socialism and Soviet communism. What might that have meant for their migration and resettlement trajectories? Beyond 'Nazi-hunting', what can this tell us about the challenge they posed to international and national forms, both in Europe and in Australia? This book demonstrates that fascist ideation could not only survive the war's end but that it continued to be transnational and transcultural. At the same time, anti-fascist protests and then the war crimes investigations of the late 1980s exposed problematic pasts, a legacy with which Australia is still reckoning. The text will appeal to those with an interest in the far right, Australian migration and refugee issues"-- Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue : war criminals, collaborators, quislings and traitors

Screening for war criminals : UNRRA and the IRO

Australian migration selection policies and processes

Anti-fascist protests

The 'whole exiles' set-up in Australia

War crimes investigations

Authorized Access Point

Persian, Jayne Fascists in exile

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Date: 2023-10-01