Leo and Mina Fink
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Leo and Mina Fink

For the Greater Good

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eBook - ePub

Leo and Mina Fink

For the Greater Good

About this book

During the darkest days of the Holocaust, Europe's Jews faced annihilation. In faraway Melbourne, immigrants Leo and Mina Fink rallied to rescue the survivors. It was a massive task. Undaunted, they battled bureaucrats, public opinion, and at times the Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell. Marshalling the might of local and international agencies, they spearheaded the urgent relief and resettlement of thousands of displaced Holocaust survivors desperate to leave a shattered Europe, a graveyard continent of dust and ashes. By 1954, 17,000 survivors called Australia home. Following the chaos of war, Leo and Mina remained at the forefront of communal life. They initiated expansive welfare programs, while personally helping countless individuals. Mina's devotion to a group of war orphans known as the 'Buchenwald boys' was testament to her and Leo's relentless efforts to improve the lives of others. Leo and Mina Fink's remarkable story is skillfully told through the turbulent, rapidly changing times in which they lived. This is a compelling account of how and why two individuals set out to change the world for the greater good.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. About this Book
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Epigraph
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 Against the Odds
  10. Chapter 2 There’s Something about Bialystok
  11. Chapter 3 Becoming Leo
  12. Chapter 4 New Beginnings
  13. Chapter 5 On the Brink
  14. Chapter 6 ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
  15. Images
  16. Chapter 7 ‘A Welcome, a Job, a Home and a Future’
  17. Chapter 8 ‘The Lucky Fifties’
  18. Chapter 9 A Pioneer Once More
  19. Chapter 10 Being Mina
  20. Chapter 11 Back to the Holocaust
  21. Legacy
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. About the Author