German-speaking exiles in Ireland 1933-1945 / / edited by Gisela Holfter.

• Superior document: German monitor, no. 63
• Author: Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies
• TeilnehmendeR: Holfter, Gisela M. B.; Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: German monitor ; no. 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of the 7th Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies held in Limerick, June 2004.

German-speaking Exiles in Ireland 1933-1945 is a pioneering study of the impact the German-speaking exiles of the Hitler years had on Ireland as the first large group of immigrants in the country in the twentieth century. It therefore adds an important yet hitherto virtually unknown Irish dimension to international exile studies. After providing an overview of the topic and an analysis of current developments in exile studies the volume devotes two chapters to Jewish refugees and another to the considerable number of Austrian exiles, investigates the relationship between Irish government policy and public opinion, and explores the problems of identity faced by so many in exile. It then focuses on some eminent refugees - Erwin Schrödinger, Ludwig Bieler, Robert Weil, Ernst Scheyer, and Hans Sachs - before concluding with personal accounts by Ruth Braunizer (the daughter of Erwin Schrödinger, excerpts from whose diaries are published here for the first time), Monica Schefold (the daughter of John Hennig), and Eva Gross. The fourteen contributors to the volume are Wolfgang Benz, Ruth Braunizer, John Cooke, Horst Dickel, Eva Gross, Gisela Holfter, Dermot Keogh, Wolfgang Muchitsch, Siobhán O'Connor, Hermann Rasche, Monica Schefold, Birte Schulz, Raphael V. Siev, and Colin Walker.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Gisela Holfter -- GERMAN-SPEAKING EXILES 1933-1945 IN IRELAND – AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW / Gisela Holfter -- EXILE STUDIES: DEVELOPMENT AND TRENDS / Wolfgang Benz -- IRISH REFUGEE POLICY, ANTI-SEMITISM AND NAZISM AT THE APPROACH OF WORLD WAR TWO / Dermot Keogh -- AUSTRIAN REFUGEES IN IRELAND 1938-1945 / Wolfgang Muchitsch -- ‘THE OBLIVIOUSNESS OF THE FORTUNATE’ POLICY AND PUBLIC OPINION TOWARDS REFUGEES 1933-1945 / Siobhán O’Connor -- THE ADMISSION OF REFUGEES INTO IRELAND BETWEEN 1933 AND 1945 / Raphael V. Siev -- OVERCOMING BOUNDARIES? THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY IN THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMAN-SPEAKING EXILES IN IRELAND 1933-1945 / Birte Schulz -- ROBERT WEIL / Colin Walker -- ERNST SCHEYER / Gisela Holfter -- LUDWIG BIELER / Hermann Rasche -- HANS SACHS / Horst Dickel -- HANS AND CHARLOTTE SACHS / John Cooke -- CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN IRELAND FROM 1939 – 1956 / Monica Schefold -- MEMORIES OF DUBLIN – EXCERPTS FROM ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER’S DIARIES / Ruth Braunizer -- PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON A NEW LIFE IN NORTHERN IRELAND / Eva Gross -- INDEX OF NAMES / Gisela Holfter -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Gisela Holfter.