Author: David Henderson
Citation: Henderson, David. Nazis in our midst : German Australians,
internment and the Second World War, North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian
Scholarly Publishing, 2016.Summary: This book can serve as a companion text to "The enemy at home: German internees in World War I Australia," since it deals with extremely similar subject matter. The key differences are that it covers another time period, another major conflict and explores the Australian social climate (expanding on from the matter of internment). This interpretation of the topic comes courtesy of the historian David Henderson who is with La Trobe University. Gathering his research from government documentation and interviews with the remaining German-Australians who lived through that time, Henderson paints an enlightening picture of this portion of Australian history. More than eight thousand German-Australians were interned in camps, regardless of whether or not they had pro-Nazi sympathies. Most ironic of all, even Jews and those opposed to the Third Reich found themselves detained. Unsurprisingly, this led to friction between them and individuals within the camps that had supporters of the Third Reich, which frequently escalated into violent confrontations. Nazis in our Midst is "a fine example of historical scholarship coupled with a no-nonsense, easily accessible writing style" - Ross Fitzgerald, The Australian
Time Period(s): World War II
External Links:
Publisher's page
http://www.scholarly.info/book/473/
Sydney Morning Herald article
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/nazis-in-our-midst-review-david-henderson-looks-at-germans-in-australia-in-wwii-20161014-gs2rlm.html
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