Immigration control : law and administration
Control without visas : the first five years of refugee immigration, 1933-1938
New restrictions after the Anschluss, March to October 1938
From Kristallnacht to the outbreak of war, November 1938 to September 1939
Refugees from Czechoslovakia
War-time policy : 1939 - 1942
The response to the Holocaust
Post-war decisions

"Whitehall and the Jews" is the most comprehensive study to date of the British response to the plight of European Jewry under Nazism. It contains the definitive account of immigration controls on the admission of refugee Jews to the United Kingdom, and reveals the doubts and dissent that lay behind British policy. British self-interest consistently limited humanitarian aid to Jews. Refuge was severely restricted during the Holocaust, and little attempt made to save lives. Louise London nonetheless brings out the compassionate side of Whitehall, and the real concerns of individual mandarins. Certain officials and ministers within the government were responsive to arguments for more generous policies towards the Jews, and the government did permit some admissions on a purely humanitarian basis. After the war, the British government delayed announcing whether refugees would obtain permanent residence, reflecting the government's aim of avoiding long-term responsibility for large numbers of homeless Jews. The balance of state self-interest against humanitarian concern in refugee policy is an abiding theme of Whitehall and the Jews, one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the Holocaust and Britain yet published. Louise London is uniquely qualified to write this book. Herself the daughter of Jewish refugees, she combines historical knowledge with considerable legal experience as a solicitor specializing in immigration law. She has published and lectured widely on British immigration controls and refugees, and has taught at Royal Holloway London and University College London. "Whitehall and the Jews" is her first book