Date: 5 November 2008
Time: 7pm
Venue: Centerprise Bookshop, 136 Kingsland High Street, E8 2NS
Free entry
In 1945, after risking their lives for king and country, Jewish ex-servicemen and women had every right to believe they had buried fascism forever.
Oswald Mosely decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim ‘not enough Jews were burned at Belsen!’ Something had to be done. Enter the 43 Group. In a ferocious, bloody, yet brilliantly covert five-year campaign, they destroyed the Mosleyites and everything they stood for.
Author Morris Beckman, a founder member, has written the first account of the Group’s activities. His breathtaking narrative evokes all the danger, tension and black humour of a time when the war against fascism had moved from the cities of Europe to the streets of London.
With the current resurgence of neo-nazi activity, this uplifting book highlights for a new generation that fighting fire with fire can sometimes be the only way.
Join Morris Beckman for book reading and discussion.
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