EAN: 9783955653613

THEY CALLED US BLOODY FOREIGNERS - CILLI KASPER...

Where even is Kenya? - this was the question posed by the majority of Jewish refugees before
being cast into the East African British colony  1933 onwards. While often the last hope  it
was seldom their destination of choice. A few hundred were successful in their flight to Kenya
despite the lack of willingness of colonial authorities to admit them to the country. But how
is one to survive in an agrarian-oriented  sparsely populated country whose languages are just
as foreign as are the customs  modes of life  climatic conditions  and health risks? What
options were available to refugees who were prohibited from practising their professions 
regardless of whether as medics  lawyers  or merchants?Answers to these questions were found on
a search for former 'Kenyans' that spanned continents  the putting together of fragments of
this 'Kenyan' network like mosaics  and numerous conversations with contemporary witnesses who
narrated their experiences for the first time. In view of the historical context  these tough 
obstacle-fraught battles are made visible: the search for new identities  the reclaiming of
self-worth  the conquering of social recognition. Lastly  it is shown how much life in Kenya
shaped lives in the short and long-term.

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