Published: 15 October 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The London Lord Mayor addressed the UK Jewish community to mark the 80th anniversary of the confrontation with Oswald Mosely’s Blackshirts.
And see: 80 Years ago, Jewish London fought off the fascists on Cable Street - Etan Smallman – The Forward 04.10.16
As the jackboot of fascism marched across the rest of Europe, Britain’s Blackshirts were roundly defeated by a rag-tag mob of men armed with chair legs, housewives tipping chamber pots out of upstairs windows and children rolling marbles under the hooves of police horses. Famously, the community leadership, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, had told everyone to stay at home!
Comments
No comments on this article yet. Be the first to add your thoughts.