Fascists in Exile

Fascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952.

Jayne Persian is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Southern Queensland. She is the author of Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians (2017) and co-editor of Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia (Routledge, 2022). Her research predominantly focuses on Central and Eastern European displaced persons, many of whom migrated to Australia in the post-war period.

Introduction Prologue: War Criminals, Collaborators, Quislings and Traitors 1. Screening for War Criminals: UNRRA and the IRO 2. Australian Migration Selection Policies and Processes 3. Anti-Fascist Protests 4. The 'Whole Exiles' Set-up in Australia 5. War Crimes Investigations Conclusion