Shattered lives broken dreams: William Cooper and Australian aborigines protest Holocaust
TitleShattered lives broken dreams: William Cooper and Australian aborigines protest Holocaust
Author
Call number920/0288
Object number10545
Place of publicationCairns, Queensland, Australia
PublisherBarbara Miller Books
Year of publication
2020
Physical descriptionxiv, 329p.,bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleWilliam Cooper gentle warrior Series No.2
ISBN9780648472247
Description
Can there be new facts about the Holocaust? This is one of those rare narratives of resistance to the Holocaust by Australian Aborigines.They were not even citizens in their own land but, after Kristallnacht, made a brave stand. William Cooper led the Australian Aborigines League in a protest against Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, which resulted in shattered lives and was recognised as the start of the Holocaust.They protested the "cruel persecution of the Jews" by marching to the German Consulate in Melbourne on 6 December 1938 three weeks after the 9-10 November