The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust by Whitehouse, Rosie

One summer's night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had survived Auschwitz, hidden and fought in forests and endured death marches--now they were taking on the Royal Navy, running the British blockade of Palestine.

From Eastern Europe to Israel via Germany and Italy, Rosie Whitehouse follows in the footsteps of those secret passengers, uncovering their extraordinary stories--some told for the first time. Who were those people on the beach? Where and what had they come from, and how had they survived? Why, after being liberated, did so many Jews still feel unsafe in Europe? How do we--and don't we--remember the Holocaust today? This remarkable, important book digs deep and travels far in search of answers.

Author: Rosie Whitehouse
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 10/15/2020
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781787383777

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020

About the Author
Rosie Whitehouse is a journalist specializing in Jewish life after the Holocaust. She writes for BBC Online, the Observer, The Independent, Tablet magazine, The Jewish Chronicle, Haaretz and others. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she is an historical advisor at the Vienna-based Centropa, a Jewish history institute.