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The monograph provides the first comprehensive, detailed account of
German-speaking refugees in Ireland 1933-1945 - where they came
from, immigration policy towards them and how their lives turned
out in Ireland and afterwards. Thanks to unprecedented access to
thousands of files of the Irish Department of Justice (all still
officially closed) as well as extensive archive research in
Ireland, Germany, England, Austria as well as the US and numerous
interviews it is possible for the first time to give an almost
complete overview of how many people came, how they contributed to
Ireland, how this fits in with the history of migration to Ireland
and what can be learned from it. While Exile studies are a
well-developed research area and have benefited from the work of
research centres and archives in Germany, Austria, Great Britain
and the USA (Frankfurt/M, Leipzig, Hamburg, Berlin, Innsbruck,
Graz, Vienna, London and SUNY Albany and the Leo Baeck Institutes),
Ireland was long neglected in this regard. Instead of the usual
narrative of "no one was let in" or "only a handful came to
Ireland" the authors identified more than 300 refugees through
interviews and intensive research in Irish, German and Austrian
archives. German-speaking exiles were the first main group of
immigrants that came to the young Irish Free State from 1933
onwards and they had a considerable impact on academic, industrial
and religious developments in Ireland.
The monograph provides the first comprehensive, detailed account of
German-speaking refugees in Ireland 1933-1945 - where they came
from, immigration policy towards them and how their lives turned
out in Ireland and afterwards. Thanks to unprecedented access to
thousands of files of the Irish Department of Justice (all still
officially closed) as well as extensive archive research in
Ireland, Germany, England, Austria as well as the US and numerous
interviews it is possible for the first time to give an almost
complete overview of how many people came, how they contributed to
Ireland, how this fits in with the history of migration to Ireland
and what can be learned from it. While Exile studies are a
well-developed research area and have benefited from the work of
research centres and archives in Germany, Austria, Great Britain
and the USA (Frankfurt/M, Leipzig, Hamburg, Berlin, Innsbruck,
Graz, Vienna, London and SUNY Albany and the Leo Baeck Institutes),
Ireland was long neglected in this regard. Instead of the usual
narrative of "no one was let in" or "only a handful came to
Ireland" the authors identified more than 300 refugees through
interviews and intensive research in Irish, German and Austrian
archives. German-speaking exiles were the first main group of
immigrants that came to the young Irish Free State from 1933
onwards and they had a considerable impact on academic, industrial
and religious developments in Ireland.
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