German speaking exiles in Ireland 1933 1945 ; [the 7th Limerick Conference in Irish German Studies on German Speaking Exiles in June 2004 the basis for this volume ...] Klappentext: German speaking Exiles in Ireland 1933 1945 is a pioneering study of the impact the German speaking exiles of the Hitler years had on Ireland as the first large group of immigrants in the country in the twentieth century. It therefore adds an important yet hitherto virtually unknown Irish dimension to international exile studies. After providing an overview of the topic and an analysis of current developments in exile studies the volume devotes two chapters to Jewish refugees and another to the considerable number of Austrian exiles investigates the relationship between Irish government policy and public opinion and explores the problems of identity faced by so many in exile. It then focuses on some eminent refugees Erwin Schrödinger Ludwig Bieler Robert Weil Ernst Scheyer and Hans Sachs before concluding with personal accounts by Ruth Braunizer (the daughter of Erwin Schrödinger excerpts from whose diaries are published here for the first time) Monica Schefold (the daughter of John Hennig) and Eva Gross. The fourteen contributors to the volume are Wolfgang Benz Ruth Braunizer John Cooke Horst Dickel Eva Gross Gisela Holfter Dermot Keogh Wolfgang Muchitsch Siobhán OConnor Hermann Rasche Monica Schefold Birte Schulz Raphael V. Siev and Colin Walker.