Избежавшие возмездия: нацистские военные преступники в Австралии [Рец. на кн.: Persian J. Fascists in exile. Post-War displaced persons in Australia. London; New York, 2024]
Escaped Retribution: Nazi War Criminals in Australia [Rev. on: Persian J. Fascists in Exile. Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia. London; New York, 2024]

Summary/Abstract: The article is a review of the book by Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba, Australia) Jane Pershian “Fascists in exile. Post-war displaced persons in Australia”, published in 2024. It is dedicated to the fate of collaborators and Nazi war criminals who found themselves in Australia after the Second World War. It is shown that J.Pershian’s work is distinguished by a very solid source base: the monograph is based on a large array of documents from the collections of the National Archives of Australia, as well as on materials from the country’s periodical press. The Australian historian argues that the historical roots of collaboration were in anti-Soviet nationalism, which was very popular in Central and Eastern Europe during the interwar period. The review shows that J.Pershian emphasizes the responsibility of the collaborators who ended up in Australia for the massacres of civilians in the occupied territories during the Second World War. The author pays considerable attention to the participation in Jewish pogroms of members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, as well as Lithuanian and Latvian units of the Waffen-SS.J.Pershian proves that a significant part of Nazi war criminals were able to avoid retribution. J.Pershian characterizes the policy of the Australian authorities as keeping silent about the existence of this problem, despite the attempts of Jewish and left-wing organizations in the country to expose Nazi war criminals. The reviewer argues that J.Pershian’s monograph makes a significant contribution to understanding this painful topic for Australian historical memory. The publication of this work indicates the presence in Western historical science of researchers striving for an objective coverage of the events of the Second World War.

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