Exile : the lives and hopes of Werner Pelz /
Like the best true life adventures, the story of Werner Pelz is stranger than fiction. Forced to flee Nazi Germany for being Jewish, he was then interned in England for being German. Shipped to Australia on the notorious HMT Dunera, he spent two years in internment camps in Hay and Tatura. After ret...
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| Language: | English |
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Melbourne, Vic. :
Transit Lounge,
2012.
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| Summary: | Like the best true life adventures, the story of Werner Pelz is stranger than fiction. Forced to flee Nazi Germany for being Jewish, he was then interned in England for being German. Shipped to Australia on the notorious HMT Dunera, he spent two years in internment camps in Hay and Tatura. After returning to Britain, his life evolved into a spiritual quest that led him to become an Anglican vicar, to author popular books (including God Is No More), to frequently appear on the BBC and to become a Guardian columnist. Decades after his wartime Australian exile, he returned to teach Sociology at La Trobe University, continuing his search for a new way of thinking, a new mythology. |
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| Physical Description: | 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781921924217 (pbk) 1921924217 (pbk) |