Autorentext

Dr. Daphna Sharfman is the author of books and articles in the fields of human rights, human rights and foreign policy, gender studies, and the British mandate in Palestine. Publications include Palestine in the Second World War: Strategic Plans and Political Dilemmas - the Emergence of a New Middle East (2014), Refugees, Human Rights and Realpolitic (2019) and Clandestine Immigration from Italy 1945-1948. (Hebrew) (2020).

Klappentext

This book is the first to present the unique story of the city of Jerusalem during the events of the Second World War and how it played a unique role in both the military and civilian aspects of the war.

Inhalt

Part 1. Introduction and background 1. The Second World War: The strategic situation in Palestine and military operations in the Middle East (1939-1945) 2. Political background: The Jewish-Arab conflict and the British government. Part 2. Living in wartime 3. Civil defence, rationing, and press censorship. 4. Anxious days, 1941 and 1942. 5. The Templers in Palestine in the Second World War: The end of an era. 6. Spies and counterspies. 7. The German Arab parachuted mission, October 1944 (Operation Atlas). 8. State control of radio and propaganda. Part 3. Living in Jerusalem. 9. Communities and social life. 10. Hotels, cafés, cinemas, and tourism. 11. The New Jerusalem: A history of two neighborhoods. 12. The Arab leadership in the war: Prominent families and politics. Part 4. Writing on Jerusalem 13. Writers and poets: Seeing the city through their eyes. Part 5. History moves on 14. Jerusalem 1945-1948