Seventeen children: Australia's response to German Jewish refugee children, 1933-1945
TitleSeventeen children: Australia's response to German Jewish refugee children, 1933-1945
Author
Call numberS994.004924/001
Object number03731mu
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
PublisherAustralian Jewish Historical Society
Year of publication
1995
Dimensionspp88-96
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society', Vol. XIII, Part I, 1995, pp88-96
Description
Looks at the 17 German Jewish children, aged 7-12. who came to Melbourne as refugees aboard the "Orama" in July 1939. This essay explores their fates and asks why so few children under 12 were given refuge in Australia.