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Leo and Mina Fink : for the greater good
- Title
- Leo and Mina Fink : for the greater good / Margaret Taft.
- Author
- Taft, Margaret
- Publication
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2022]
- ©2022
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- Description
- xiv, 238 pages, 12 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "During the darkest days of the Holocaust, Europe's Jews faced annihilation. In faraway Melbourne, immigrants Leo and Mina Fink rallied to rescue the survivors. It was a massive task. Undaunted, they battled bureaucrats, public opinion and at times the Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell. Marshalling the might of local and international agencies, they spearheaded the urgent relief and resettlement of thousands of displaced Holocaust survivors desperate to leave a shattered Europe, a graveyard continent of dust and ashes. By 1954, 17,000 survivors called Australia home. Following the chaos of war, Leo and Mina remained at the forefront of communal life. They initiated expansive welfare programs, while personally helping countless individuals. Mina's devotion to a group of war orphans known as the 'Buchenwald boys' was testament to her and Leo's relentless efforts to improve the lives of others.But survival of the Jewish world remained paramount. Leo pioneered the first Australian business venture in Israel, in a bid to underpin the young nation's fragile economy. Mina's global outreach and humanitarian vision transformed the National Council of Jewish Women into a proactive force with a clear feminist agenda. When 'Holocaust denial' launched its assault on historical truth and memory, Mina championed the establishment of Melbourne's Holocaust Museum, pushing its mandate beyond remembrance to education, to combat all forms of racism.Leo and Mina Fink's remarkable story is skilfully told through the turbulent, rapidly changing times in which they lived. This is a compelling account of how and why two individuals set out to change the world for the greater good"--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Fink, Leo 1901-1972
- Fink, Mina 1913-1990
- Jewish businesspeople > Australia > Victoria > Biography
- Jewish philanthropists > Australia > Victoria > Biography
- Married people > Australia > Victoria > Biography
- Immigrants > Australia > Victoria > Biography
- Holocaust survivors > Services for > History. > Australia
- Holocaust survivors' families > Services for > History. > Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue
- Emigration and immigration
- Holocaust survivors > Services for
- Immigrants
- Jewish businesspeople
- Jewish philanthropists
- Married people
- Australia > Emigration and immigration
- Australia
- Victoria
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Against the odds -- There's something about Bialystok -- Becoming Leo -- New beginnings -- On the brink -- 'A matter of life and death' -- 'A welcome, a job, a home and a future' -- 'The lucky fifties' -- A pioneer once more -- Being Mina -- Back to the holocaust -- Legacy.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4703
- ISBN
- 9781922464866
- 1922464864
- OCLC
- 1276933768
- Author
- Taft, Margaret, author.
- Title
- Leo and Mina Fink : for the greater good / Margaret Taft.
- Publisher
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4703