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This is a story 'based on' the life of Doris Dixon who had a
burning ambition to become a professional jazz singer during the
1930's. Doris came from a privileged English background and was
highly educated with her parents expectations of her going into the
'professions.' By luck, at a students reunion in a London
nightclub, Doris created her chance to sing with a visiting
American Jazz Band and was engaged by them 'on the spot' as Dixie
Dixon, their singer; subsequently 'treading the boards' in America
was no easy task. But Dixie met and sang with the greatest jazz
/swing bands of of her time. Because of her early demise, little is
known about Dixie Dixon, so this book puts her right back there in
the jazz spotlight where she fought so hard to be.
This is the story about Franz Hess, a Jewish scientist working at
an armaments Research and Development complex in the Ruhr, Germany
during World War 11. Franz, an enthusiast of American Swing Bands
and himself an accomplished saxophonist, decides to form his own
band, which inadvertently saves his life. The Gestapo 'rounded up'
all scientists to work for the German 'war machine' and as Franz
was Jewish he was forced to work on fuel systems for the
development of V1 and V11 rockets to enable far reaching bombing
raids on England. Retaliating, the Allies heavily bombed the Ruhr
in 1942 and in the chaos Franz escaped his enforced imprisonment to
Switzerland with the help of the French Resistance and Allies,
finding himself eventually in America and England. It was known 5th
columnists were actively sending information to Germany from
somewhere within an American Base in Southern England. The Allies
recruited Franz, because of his training and scientific knowledge
to route out the spies. He was subsequently given a new identity,
authorizing him to investigate under cover of G I Bandsman, Captain
Billy Bolton. A good way to investigate was to form a Base swing
band to get to know the GI's, and gain their confidence. The band
played at weekly socials, which Franz hoped would trap the
spies/5th columnists into making mistakes resulting in their
discovery. Unbeknown to Franz, he had recruited musicians who were
5th columnists. Subsequently, a femme fatale romantically obsessed
him sufficiently for him to commit a treasonable act, resulting in
his arrest, culminating in a 'hair raising' escape with terrifying
consequences.
This is a story 'based on' the life of Doris Dixon who had a
burning ambition to become a professional jazz singer during the
1930's. Doris came from a privileged English background and was
highly educated with her parents expectations of her going into the
'professions.' By luck, at a students reunion in a London
nightclub, Doris created her chance to sing with a visiting
American Jazz Band and was engaged by them 'on the spot' as Dixie
Dixon, their singer; subsequently 'treading the boards' in America
was no easy task. But Dixie met and sang with the greatest jazz
/swing bands of of her time. Because of her early demise, little is
known about Dixie Dixon, so this book puts her right back there in
the jazz spotlight where she fought so hard to be.
This work presents information and ideas about the role and
organization of social workers in selected EC countries
particulary, France and Germany. Comparisons are made of national
policies and practice in relation to specific client groups, and
new concerns requiring common responses are identified. This
discussion is put in the context of an emerging social agenda of
the European Community. The authors argue that EC social policies
in relation to citizenship, participation and marginalization are
consistent with the aims and concerns of social workers, and
relevant to its future development at national and European level.
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