RAF Ein Shemer: A Forgotten Case of Jewish and Arab Work in a British Army Camp in Palestine during the Second World War

Abstract

This article explores lingering recollections of a marginalised sphere of participation by Jewish and Arab citizens of Mandatory Palestine in the Allied war effort. During the war, Palestine became a major staging ground for Allied troops in the Middle East. Some 15,000 Jewish and 35,000 Arab workers worked in administrative, construction, catering, and maintenances roles within the newly built army bases. The story of civilian labour in RAF Ein Shemer reveals previously neglected normative and non-normative patterns of inter-communal relations between British soldiers and Jewish and Arab workers on the social, economic, ideological, and romantic levels within the context of a colonial-era military installation.

İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nda ABD’deki Yahudi Diasporasının Avrupa’daki Yahudileri Konu Alan Propaganda Pulları Üzerine İnceleme

“…İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nda sırasında çeşitli Yahudi diasporalarını ele alanda çeşitli akademik çalışmalar yer almaktadır (Kushner, 1988;Levin, 1988;Hoffmann, 1989;Gross, 1994;Polonsky, 1997;Connelly, 2002;Kuromiya, 2002;Phayer, 2002;Moore, 2009;Levine, 2010;Láníček, 2012;Puckett, 2014, Marom, 2020. İkinci Dünya Savaşı özelinde Yahudi diasporalarını inceleyen bu çalışmalar içerisinde: Levin (1975), Litvanyalı Yahudilerin İkinci Dünya Savaşı'na katılımını; Ringelblum (1992), Polonya-Yahudi ilişkilerini; Dobroszycki (1993), Grabowski (2013), Polonya Yahudilerini;Zariz (1993), Lüksemburg Yahudilerini;Rautkallio (1994), Fin Yahudi askerlerini;Simon (1994), Libya Yahudilerini;Harviainen (2000), Finlandiya'daki Yahudileri; Poznanski (2001), Fransa'daki Yahudileri; Tokayer ve Swartz (2004)…”