In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute efforts to realise his vision left large cracks in the smug Anglo-centrism that guarded his unpromised land. Leon Gettler's lively account of the little known Kimberley Jewish settlement scheme provides a fascinating insight into a series of events that came very close to changing the course of Australian history.

Accolades

Winner of Lysbeth Cohen Memorial Prize 1994.

Author Biography

Leon Gettler is a former freelance journalist, an author, and a public speaker who has written for such publications as the "Age," "Australian Financial Review," "BRW," "CFO," the" Smart Company," and the" Sydney Morning Herald."