Shattered lives broken dreams: William Cooper and Australian aborigines protest Holocaust
TitreShattered lives broken dreams: William Cooper and Australian aborigines protest Holocaust
Auteur
Call number920/0288
N° d'objet10545
Lieu de publicationCairns, Queensland, Australia
EditeurBarbara Miller Books
Année de publication
2020
Paginationxiv, 329p.,bibliography
MatérielLivre
SérieWilliam 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