406:
international white slave traffic". That from a man responsible for processing visa applications from Jews wishing to leave
Germany for Ireland. His explanation of the Nuremberg Laws was: "As the Chancellor pointed out, it amounts to the making of the Jews into a national minority; and as they themselves claim to be a separate race, they should have nothing to complain of." He reported that he had no knowledge of any "deliberate cruelty on the part of the Government ... towards the Jews", and criticised Irish refugee policy as "inordinately liberal, and facilitating the entry of the wrong class of people" (meaning Jews). The Irish legation in Berlin consisted of two people, Bewley and a German secretary called Frau Kamberg. She appeared more sympathetic to the Jews than Bewley. Fewer than a hundred Jews obtained Irish visas between 1933 and 1939. Bewley was dismissed from his position in 1939.
373:
opposing Bewley's appointment as an Irish envoy to
Germany: "...there is a great objection to appointing him to such a post in Germany, because his semitic convictions are so pronounced that it would be very difficult for him to deal properly with all the persons and questions within the scope of an
444:
At that time, passports required the identification of the holder's trade or profession. Bewley was issued with a new Irish passport which had for that entry, "a person of no importance". At the end of the war, checkpoints were frequent, where was passports would be checked. Bewley never produced
405:
Bewley was the "Irish
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary" in Berlin in the crucial years from 1933 to 1939. Reading his reports to Dublin during the 1930s gives the impression that German Jews were not threatened, and that they were involved in pornography, abortion and "the
30:
704:
It was decided – between Joseph Walsh, Secretary of the
Department of External Affairs and Sir John Maffey – that the best punishment for Bewley would be to demonstrate how unimportant he was by releasing him with a kick in the
257:) in 1929. At that time, Irish diplomatic appointments were meant to be made by the British King, but Bewley frequently flouted the diplomatic niceties by ignoring the implications of that. If anything, the complaints of
283:
However, the constant bickering between the Irish and
British representatives to the Vatican pleased neither Dublin nor London. It paved the way for Bewley to obtain the appointment he really wanted, and he went to
723:
Finding himself without identity papers, he applied to Dublin for a passport. Eventually he received one. In the "description" section, someone at Iveagh House had written: "A person of no importance".
280:, because the King's agreement had not been sought. Bewley was told, with no effect, that, as a King's representative, he was not entitled to wear the decoration without royal permission.
867:
887:
459:, "the Vatican Pimpernel", who had rescued thousands of Jews and escaped POWs from the Nazis, became great friends. Charles Henry Bewley died unmarried in Rome in 1969.
362:
broke out. Briscoe took the losing anti-Treaty side, while Bewley returned to Dublin, took the pro-Treaty side, and prosecuted anti-Treaty prisoners in the courts.
326:, good relations were established between Ireland and Britain. Bewley was frequently reprimanded by Dublin, which was no longer tolerant of his anti-British jibes.
882:
842:
822:
338:
came in Berlin in 1921, where Bewley was the Irish consul for trade. The new Irish state was not yet formally recognised, and the Irish leader,
877:
857:
81:, Ireland, into a wealthy privileged family, the eldest of four brothers. His mother was Elizabeth Eveleen Pim, whose family owned a large
653:
422:
gave him a job writing propaganda. For a time, Bewley worked for a
Swedish news agency, which was part of Goebbels' propaganda machine.
817:
475:
Charles Bewley Won the
Newdigate Prize 1910 for "Atlantis". 1910–1913: Winter in Ireland; A Girl's Song on Her Lover, Paidin, Ruadh
478:
537:
812:
862:
593:
568:
346:, an IRA quartermaster, to buy guns. In time, Briscoe would play an important political role and would be the first Jewish
308:
354:, but, after Briscoe left, it was reported that Bewley insulted Judaism and was thrown out, resulting in a drunken brawl.
441:, the British diplomatic representative in independent Ireland, decided on a solution that would undermine Bewley's ego.
438:
445:
that passport. He was released in Rome, and apparently never left. He wrote some newspaper articles, and a biography of
314:. He gave interviews to German papers which were anti-British, and annoyed the British embassy in Berlin, ignoring the
807:
632:
697:
385:
It is believed Bewley's hatred of Jews was partly influenced by the controversial teachings of Irish
Catholic priest
231:
802:
847:
495:
339:
277:
674:
433:. He was carrying Irish diplomatic papers identifying him as the Irish minister to Berlin and to the Vatican.
206:
in 1914, he was in
Ireland, acting as a defending barrister for many nationalists and republicans. He wrote
775:
625:
117:
102:
872:
343:
223:
211:
315:
852:
512:
238:
837:
649:
262:
717:
Russell, Michael (15 May 2017). "Three hatreds drove him: the
English, the Jews and de Valera".
222:, he took the pro-Treaty side. As a barrister, he prosecuted many anti-Treaty prisoners. At the
147:
Charles' brother Kenneth also attended Oxford University. Kenneth was a career civil servant in
832:
827:
323:
156:
374:
Envoy to Berlin, where the Jewish element is very strong." Gavan Duffy suggested instead that
108:
He was educated at Park House, a boarding school in England. In 1901, he won a scholarship to
393:
when being interviewed by the permanent secretary of the Irish Ministry for External Affairs
319:
613:
797:
792:
347:
289:
93:
Dr. Henry Theodore Bewley (1860-1945), related to the family that operated the successful "
382:
might be more suitable, "... as the same considerations would not arise in those places".
8:
355:
293:
227:
129:
42:
476:
351:
456:
389:. While he was serving as an envoy to Berlin, Bewley once referred to Fahey's pamphlet
366:
242:
187:
125:
109:
650:"Documents on Irish Foreign Affairs, Report from Charles Bewley to Joseph Walsh, 1938"
693:
589:
564:
529:
191:
183:
446:
167:
82:
66:
207:
636:
482:
419:
359:
219:
141:
133:
121:
54:
137:
425:
At the end of the War he was held by British troops, having been picked up in
786:
394:
370:
258:
148:
768:
Mr Bewley in Berlin – Aspects of the Career of an Irish Diplomat, 1933–1939
629:
609:
517:
Mr. Bewley belongs to an old Quaker family, but is a convert to Catholicism
415:
335:
311:
269:
250:
179:
62:
215:
386:
203:
171:
163:
98:
249:
with responsibility for trade. He was appointed Irish ambassador to the
747:
Jews in 20th-Century Ireland: Refugees, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
434:
763:
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought. Summer, 1999
453:
152:
90:
46:
254:
358:, the head of the Irish Bureau, was going to take action, but the
754:
Ireland, Germany and the Nazis: politics and diplomacy, 1919–1939
273:
268:
In July 1933, the British Foreign Office became annoyed when the
162:
Charles Bewley was seen as an "enfant terrible". He rejected his
113:
94:
29:
426:
379:
375:
304:
300:
285:
246:
174:. He spoke against the "evils of Anglicization", supported the
86:
78:
50:
38:
350:. Bewley and Briscoe went to a Jewish-owned music hall in the
105:, and Charles and his brothers were raised in that tradition.
430:
101:
in Dublin that is still famous today. His parents were both
773:
Lost report reveals our man in Berlin was Nazi apologist –
175:
23:
265:, his successor, improved Bewley's reputation in Ireland.
418:
was breaking out, and never received a pension. However,
120:
that "England is not a musical nation" and ridiculed the
58:
868:
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great
136:
for poetry. He completed his training as a barrister at
437:, Secretary of the Department of External Affairs, and
151:. His younger brothers, Geoffrey and Maurice, studied
779:
newspaper article by Andrew Bushe, 26 November 2006
496:"Free State Representative Leaves for Vatican City"
494:
116:. That honour was withdrawn when he declared in a
888:Cumann na nGaedheal candidates in Dáil elections
784:
278:Order of the Grand Cross of St Gregory the Great
883:People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)
561:Joseph Walshe: Irish foreign policy, 1922–1946
65:in the 1930s and to move to the safety of the
676:Escaping the Holocaust to an Irish safe haven
26:(12 July 1888 – 1969) was an Irish diplomat.
843:Converts to Roman Catholicism from Quakerism
692:. Little, Brown and Company. p. 242.
429:, Northern Italy, in May 1945 and held in
53:who reportedly thwarted efforts to obtain
132:, where he read Law. In 1910, he won the
742:, edited by W.J. McCormack, Dublin 1989,
72:
45:and Roman Catholicism. He was the Irish
28:
716:
823:Ambassadors of Ireland to the Holy See
785:
878:People educated at Winchester College
858:Irish collaborators with Nazi Germany
656:from the original on 27 November 2017
558:
540:from the original on 28 November 2020
334:The first indication that Bewley was
261:, the British representative, and of
245:being signed, he was Irish consul in
687:
583:
13:
732:
400:
14:
899:
818:Ambassadors of Ireland to Germany
616:held that against him afterwards.
588:. Four Courts Press. p. 14.
296:, praised his impeccable German.
214:, he stood, unsuccessfully, as a
210:'s death-sentence speech. In the
608:According to the late Professor
329:
318:in 1935. With the ending of the
770:Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000
710:
681:
756:Four Courts Press, Dublin 2004
668:
642:
628:file DFA ES Box 34 File 239; (
619:
602:
577:
552:
522:
487:
469:
409:
112:, where he became the Library
1:
813:Alumni of New College, Oxford
563:. Mercier Press. p. 79.
462:
414:Bewley was dismissed just as
140:, Dublin, and in 1914 he was
41:business family, he embraced
863:Irish people of World War II
626:National Archives of Ireland
7:
452:In his final years, he and
276:, knighted Bewley into the
170:of the kind popularised by
10:
904:
316:Silver Jubilee of George V
253:(resident minister to the
234:, but he was not elected.
37:Raised in a famous Dublin
16:Irish diplomat (1888–1969)
513:British Newspaper Archive
303:enthusiastically praised
239:Irish War of Independence
237:Between the truce in the
197:
803:Antisemitism in Ireland
740:Memoirs of a Wild Goose
232:Mayo South constituency
635:4 October 2011 at the
584:Roth, Andreas (2000).
559:Nolan, Aengus (2008).
322:and the return of the
299:Bewley's reports from
218:candidate. During the
166:heritage and embraced
157:Trinity College Dublin
34:
848:Irish Roman Catholics
808:Alumni of King's Inns
320:Anglo-Irish Trade War
224:1923 general election
212:1918 general election
73:Family and early life
32:
534:ElectionsIreland.org
391:The Rulers of Russia
348:Lord Mayor of Dublin
290:President of Germany
85:in George's Street,
20:Charles Henry Bewley
761:The Jews of Ireland
688:Gray, Tony (1997).
586:Mr Bewley in Berlin
481:3 June 2006 at the
228:Cumann na nGaedheal
202:At the outbreak of
182:, and converted to
130:New College, Oxford
128:". He proceeded to
77:Bewley was born in
43:Irish Republicanism
873:Nazi propagandists
776:Sunday Independent
752:Mervyn O'Driscoll
367:George Gavan Duffy
305:National Socialism
288:in July 1933. The
243:Anglo-Irish Treaty
190:and supported the
110:Winchester College
35:
595:978-1-85182-559-2
570:978-1-85635-580-3
230:candidate in the
188:Unionist politics
184:Roman Catholicism
142:called to the bar
126:God save the King
89:. His father was
61:wanting to leave
895:
853:Irish barristers
726:
725:
714:
708:
707:
685:
679:
672:
666:
665:
663:
661:
646:
640:
623:
617:
606:
600:
599:
581:
575:
574:
556:
550:
549:
547:
545:
530:"Charles Bewley"
526:
520:
519:
510:
508:
498:
491:
485:
473:
352:Tauenzien Palast
263:Sir Robert Clive
168:Celtic mythology
83:department store
67:Irish Free State
903:
902:
898:
897:
896:
894:
893:
892:
783:
782:
735:
733:Further reading
730:
729:
719:The Irish Times
715:
711:
700:
686:
682:
673:
669:
659:
657:
648:
647:
643:
637:Wayback Machine
624:
620:
614:Seán T. O'Kelly
607:
603:
596:
582:
578:
571:
557:
553:
543:
541:
528:
527:
523:
506:
504:
493:
492:
488:
483:Wayback Machine
474:
470:
465:
457:Hugh O'Flaherty
439:Sir John Maffey
420:Joseph Goebbels
412:
403:
401:Envoy to Berlin
365:In March 1922,
360:Irish Civil War
340:Michael Collins
332:
220:Irish Civil War
200:
134:Newdigate Prize
75:
17:
12:
11:
5:
901:
891:
890:
885:
880:
875:
870:
865:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
838:Former Quakers
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
800:
795:
781:
780:
771:
766:Andreas Roth,
764:
759:Robert Tracy,
757:
750:
743:
734:
731:
728:
727:
709:
698:
690:The Lost Years
680:
667:
641:
618:
601:
594:
576:
569:
551:
521:
486:
467:
466:
464:
461:
447:Hermann Göring
411:
408:
402:
399:
344:Robert Briscoe
331:
328:
199:
196:
186:. He rejected
95:Bewley's cafés
74:
71:
33:Charles Bewley
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
900:
889:
886:
884:
881:
879:
876:
874:
871:
869:
866:
864:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
833:Irish Quakers
831:
829:
828:Bewley family
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
790:
788:
778:
777:
772:
769:
765:
762:
758:
755:
751:
748:
744:
741:
737:
736:
724:
720:
713:
706:
701:
699:0-316-88189-9
695:
691:
684:
678:
677:
671:
655:
651:
645:
638:
634:
631:
627:
622:
615:
611:
605:
597:
591:
587:
580:
572:
566:
562:
555:
539:
535:
531:
525:
518:
514:
503:. 7 June 1929
502:
501:Derry Journal
497:
490:
484:
480:
477:
472:
468:
460:
458:
455:
450:
448:
442:
440:
436:
435:Joseph Walshe
432:
428:
423:
421:
417:
407:
398:
396:
395:Joseph Walshe
392:
388:
383:
381:
377:
372:
371:Ernest Blythe
368:
363:
361:
357:
356:John Chartres
353:
349:
345:
341:
337:
330:Anti-Semitism
327:
325:
321:
317:
313:
310:
306:
302:
297:
295:
291:
287:
281:
279:
275:
271:
266:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
235:
233:
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
208:Seán Mac Eoin
205:
204:the Great War
195:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
160:
158:
154:
150:
149:H.M. Treasury
145:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
106:
104:
100:
99:coffee houses
96:
92:
88:
84:
80:
70:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
31:
27:
25:
21:
774:
767:
760:
753:
749:, Cork 1998,
746:
739:
722:
718:
712:
703:
689:
683:
675:
670:
658:. Retrieved
644:
630:text on line
621:
604:
585:
579:
560:
554:
542:. Retrieved
533:
524:
516:
511:– via
505:. Retrieved
500:
489:
471:
451:
443:
424:
416:World War II
413:
404:
390:
384:
364:
336:anti-Semitic
333:
324:treaty ports
298:
282:
270:Pope of Rome
267:
259:H.J. Chilton
236:
201:
180:South Africa
161:
146:
107:
76:
63:Nazi Germany
36:
19:
18:
798:1969 deaths
793:1888 births
738:C. Bewley,
507:12 December
410:Later years
387:Denis Fahey
226:, he was a
172:W. B. Yeats
164:Anglo-Irish
138:King's Inns
97:" chain of
787:Categories
745:D. Keogh,
660:15 January
610:Dan Binchy
463:References
309:Chancellor
294:Hindenburg
194:movement.
454:Monsignor
449:in 1956.
369:wrote to
216:Sinn Féin
192:Home Rule
91:physician
654:Archived
633:Archived
538:Archived
479:Archived
342:, asked
255:Holy See
241:and the
153:medicine
544:21 July
274:Pius XI
251:Vatican
114:Prefect
103:Quakers
696:
592:
567:
427:Merano
380:Vienna
376:Munich
312:Hitler
301:Berlin
286:Berlin
247:Berlin
198:Career
122:anthem
118:debate
87:Dublin
79:Dublin
51:Berlin
39:Quaker
705:pants
431:Terni
176:Boers
55:visas
47:envoy
694:ISBN
662:2018
590:ISBN
565:ISBN
546:2023
509:2015
307:and
59:Jews
57:for
24:GCSG
378:or
178:in
155:at
49:to
789::
721:.
702:.
652:.
612:,
536:.
532:.
515:.
499:.
397:.
292:,
272:,
159:.
144:.
69:.
22:,
664:.
639:)
598:.
573:.
548:.
124:"
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
