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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

British Union of Fascists

Members of the Nazi Party in Coburg, Bavaria, gathered to celebrate ‘German Day’ in this undated photo. (Bundesarchiv Bild)
November 5, 2021, 11:41 pm
How rank and file fascists helped galvanize Europe between world wars
A new exhibition at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library shows that even where fascists failed to gain power, their ideas and supporters had a devastating impact
By Robert Philpot
Tom Varey as Jack Morris in 'Ridley Road.' (Courtesy Red Productions/ Photographer: Matt Squire)
October 7, 2021, 6:42 am
BBC puts dramatic twist on true story of brawling Jews vs. fascists in ’60s UK
‘Ridley Road’ is a fictionalized look at the real-life antisemites who threatened British Jewry, and the Jewish toughs who beat some sense into them; will air on PBS in US
By Jenni Frazer
Illustrative: An irate spectator attacks a drummer of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley during a march through Manchester, England on July 29, 1962. Rocks and tomatoes were hurtled towards some 40 marchers before they were physically attacked by the crowd. (AP Photo)
December 15, 2019, 10:40 am
When Jewish WWII vets pulverized postwar UK fascists to tamp down rising racism
Daniel Sonabend’s book ‘We Fight Fascists’ charts the rise of the 43 Group, which fought Oswald Mosley and others with fisticuffs, showing Jews would not accept post-WWII bigotry
By Robert Philpot
A woman fascist, center, being arrested at the Fascist headquarters in London on May 23, 1940. (AP Photo)
September 17, 2018, 12:59 pm
The men and women who plotted to stab Britain in the back during WWII
Tim Tate’s new book details the spying, sabotage and conspiracies of Fifth Columnists who worked in wartime UK to help see Hitler’s troops ‘goose-step down Whitehall’
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: The start of the procession of the British Union of Fascists leaving Islip Street in Kentish Town, London, en route to Trafalgar Square, London, England July 4, 1937. Sir Oswald Mosley is seen in light suit, center of three marchers, immediately in front of the fascist banner. (AP Photo)
September 15, 2018, 6:21 am
The true history behind London’s much-lauded anti-fascist Battle of Cable Street
The location of a legendary brawl where a unified front of Brits fought on behalf of Jews to stop Fascism is honored as a heritage site — and widely used for political cachet
By Robert Philpot
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