The Black Book: The Britons on the Nazi HitlistIn 1939, the Gestapo created a list of names: the Britons whose removal would be the Nazis' first priority in the event of a successful invasion. Who were they? What had they done to provoke Germany? Historian Sybil Oldfield uncovers their stories and reveals why the Nazis feared their influence. Those on the hitlist more than half of them naturalised refugees were many of Britain's most gifted and humane inhabitants. Among their numbers we find the

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