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Jewish refugees escorted out of Croydon airport, 1939. Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948, is a book by Louise London, first published by Cambridge University Press in 2000. [1] [2] [3] It has 313 pages, covering a preface, nine chapters followed by a conclusion, two appendices detailing biographical notes and Home Secretary and Home Office permanent under secretaries (1906-1950) respectively ...
The Whitechapel murders were a series of brutal attacks on women in the Whitechapel district in the East End of London that occurred between 1888 and 1891. Five of the murders are generally attributed to "Jack the Ripper", whose identity remains unknown, while the perpetrator(s) of the remaining six cannot be verified or are disputed.
Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948 (2000) Louise Ann London is the author the book Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948 (2000), credited as a scholarly addition to the historical interest in Jewish immigration, and shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize in 2001.
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Whitehall itself was a wide street and had sufficient space for a scaffold to be erected for the King's execution at Banqueting House. [2] He made a brief speech there before being beheaded. [14] [b] Cromwell died at the Palace of Whitehall in 1658. [3] People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill's victory speech, 8 May 1945
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 March 2025. Polish barber and Jack the Ripper suspect Aaron Kosminski Born Aron Mordke Kozmiński (1865-09-11) 11 September 1865 Kłodawa, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died 24 March 1919 (1919-03-24) (aged 53) Leavesden Hospital, Hertfordshire, England Nationality Polish Occupation Hairdresser Known ...
One of several flights organised by the Barbican Mission before 15 March 1939, the first flight of all Jewish children left Prague in January 1939. [1] [3] KLM made available two Dutch Douglas aircraft that day. [1] At the scene of departure, were the children, their parents, Winton, photographers and journalists. [1]
The Sergeants affair (Hebrew: פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun abducted two British Army Intelligence Corps NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants—Avshalom ...