Louise London

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Louise London
OccupationLawyer
LanguageEnglish
Education University of London
Notable works 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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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London was born to Jewish refugees and qualified as a lawyer. [7] Her book Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948, was based on her thesis completed in 1992 from the University of London. [7]

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References

  1. "Dr Louise London | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism". Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism |. 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. Kelly, Sean. "Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948: British Immigration Policy, Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust | Reviews in History". reviews.history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. Pascal, Julia (4 April 2000). "No wonder Einstein chose the US over Britain". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  4. Endelman, Todd M. (2002). The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000. Berkley: University of California Press. p. 305. ISBN   978-0-520-22720-0.
  5. Miller, Rory (2001). "Review of Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948: British Immigration Policy, Jewish Refugees, and the Holocaust" . The International History Review. 23 (4): 958–960. ISSN   0707-5332. JSTOR   40108886.
  6. "Jewish literary award shortlists". The Guardian. 9 March 2001. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. 1 2 Kelly, Sean. "History in Focus: War - review of Whitehall and the Jews, 1933-1948". Archived from the original on 2 February 2024.