Otto Newman

Escape Otto Neumann was born on 2 July 1922 in Vienna, Austria. At the age of 16, he was able to escape the Anschluss on the final Kindertransport out of Vienna leaving on 13 December 1938, from the Wien Westbahnhof train station. After arriving in England, he was kept at a Dovercourt holiday camp until arrangements could be made for further care. He was offered a home with an English family, but after taking a placement exam, he was chosen as one of eighteen older children arriving on the Kindertransport to earn a spot at the University of Oxford, studying there for 3 years. Internment / war years At the start of the war in 1939, there were 78,000 refugees in Britain who were considered "enemy aliens," a category that included all peoples living in the UK who were from Germany, Austria or Italy. Jewish people who had emigrated from Germany to escape Hitler's antisemitism were also considered enemy aliens. Otto was unable to finish studies at Oxford due to his being interned as an enemy alien on the first day of his inter-BSC college exam. On 2 July 1940, Otto's 18th birthday, he was rounded up and eventually shipped to the Isle of Man. Later, he was transferred to the transit camp at the Lingfield horseracing track. == Qualifications ==

Inter BSc (Math/Eng), University of Oxford, 1940 DipSoc (double distinction), University of London, 1964 BSc (Soc), London School of Economics, University of London, 1966 PhD (Soc), London School of Economics, University of London, 1970 == Professional appointments ==

1987– Professor/Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University 1987–1990 Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego 1971–1987 South Bank University, London: 1971–1974 Principal Lecturer 1974–1986 Chair, Department of Social Sciences (1986 Faculty: 32 tenured, 18 part-time, 11 Research Fellows/Assistants) 1984–1987 Director, Lifestyle Research Unit, South Bank University, London 1981–1982 Visiting professor, University of Illinois Springfield 1968–1971 Lecturer, Sociology, University of Stirling, Scotland 1950–1964 managing director, Commerce and Industry 1945–1950 company secretary == Research activity ==

Gambling: Social Issues and Motivations Corporatism Unemployed Youth Leisure studies and Lifestyle Enhancement Community Motivators Football hooliganism Politics of Unreason American exceptionalism Affluence and Post-Scarcity Society Communitarianism The Future of the American Dream The Promise of the Third Way Soft power Globalization, Terrorism and Human rights == Professional academic appointments ==

Council for National Academic Awards, London, 1973–1983: Sociological Studies Board National Visiting and Award Boards National Advisory Boards South Bank University, 1971–1987: Academic Board Faculty Board Higher Degree Committee; Vice-chair Planning and Resource Board; Vice-chair Degree Validation Board Faculty Appointment Board National Gambling Board, London, 1973–1980 British Sociological Association: Publications Committee; Chair 1975–1980 National Executive Board; 1976–1984 Coordinating Committee; 1979–1980 Sociology, Journal of the British Sociological Association: Editorial Board, 1976–1980 Sociology in Practice, Series Editor, Croom Helm, 1981–1984 Greater London Council: Consultant: Arts & Recreation, 1983–1986 Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984–1986 Steering Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1983–1986 Sports Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1985–1986 == Publications ==

Gambling: Hazard and Reward (1972). London: University of London Press. The Challenge of Corporatism(1981). New Studies in Sociology. London: Macmillan. Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey. Lulu Press, 2008 With Richard DeZoysa: The American Dream in the Information Age (1999). UK: Macmillan US: St. Martin's Press. The Promise of the Third Way (2001). UK: Palgrave; US: St. Martin's Press. The American Dream in the Information Age (2002). Mandarin edition. Beijing, China: Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House. Towards Progress and Peace: Globalization, Terrorism and Human Rights (2005). Bloomington, Ind: Author House. == Journals and research reports ==

• "Family Planning: Past and Present"; Sociological Society, March 1965 • "Elites and Society"; Sociological Society, June 1965 • "Sociology of the Betting Shop"; British Journal of Sociology, 19(1), March 1968 • "The Gambling Problem"; Social Service Quarterly, Summer 1972 • "The Sociology of Social Problems"; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 12(4), 1976 • "Leisure and Life Styles"; Ontario Psychologist, 8(2), 1976 • ''"The Educator's Dilemma"''; British Journal of Educational Studies, 25(1), 1977 • "The Newly Acquisitive Affluent Worker"; Sociology, 13(1), 1979 • "Education for Social Dominance and Control"; New Education, 2(1), 1980 • "Class Matters", Sociology, 14(1), 1980 • "Corporatism, Leisure and Collective Control"; Centre for Work And Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1981 • "Leisure Counselling Today"; World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, 1982 • "Leisure Counselling"; Centre for Work and Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1982 • "The Coming of a Leisure Society?"; Leisure Studies, 2(1) 1983 • "Leisure and Social Change"; Education and Society, 1(1), 1983 • "Lifestyle Enhancement for the Young Unemployed"; Report No1 Greater London Council, 1983 • "Training for the Young Unemployed"; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1983 • "Community Activator: a Case for Action"; Greater London Council, 1984 • "The Learning of Lifestyle Enhancement"; Inner London Education Authority, 1984 • "From Employment to Work"; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984 • "Proactivism: The Answer to Youth Unemployment?"; Greater London Council, 1985 • "The Causes of Unemployment"; Greater London Council, 1985 • "Unemployment, Work and the New Post- Industrialism"; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1985 • "Soccer Violence: Initial Observations"; Greater London Council, 1985 • "Hooligans At Home and Abroad"; Greater London Council, 1985 • "Youth since Industrialisation"; Greater London Council, 1985 • "Soccer: A Brief Social History"; Greater London Council, 1986 • "Recreation and Lifestyle for the Young Unemployed"; Greater London Council, 1986, Summary Report No2 (with Maureen Farish and Peter Miller) • "Policies for the Lost Generation"; Greater London Council, 1986, Summary Report No3 (assisted by Maureen Farish and Peter Miller) • "Why Us: From Paragons to Pariahs"; London Residuary Authority, 1986 • ''"Don't Be A Jerk"''; London Residuary Authority, 1986 • "White Collar Hooliganism"; London Residuary Authority, 1986 • "The Brixton Recreation Centre: Analysis of a Political Institution"; London Residuary Authority, 1986 (with Karl Murray) With Richard DeZoysa: • "American Exceptionalism: Against the Tide Again?"; South Bank University, Occasional Papers No 2, 1993 • American Policy Choices for a New Era; Contemporary Politics, 1(3), 1995 • "The Underclass, Welfare and Joblessness"; California Sociological Association, 1995 • "The Republican Vision"; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden, 1996 • "Prospects for a Revitalised Community"; Contemporary Politics, 2(4), 1996 • "Virtues, Values and Identity"; The Americana, Spring 1997 • "Food: Feast of Famine"; The Americana, Summer 1997 • "The New World Order: Then and Now"; The Americana, Fall 1997 • "Perspectives on Civic Society: the Prospect"; DMI Rapport, No 2 Demokratiinstitutet,: Sweden • "Communitarianism- a New Panacea?"; Sociological Perspectives, 40(4), 1997 • "Exploring the Idea of A Third Way: A New Agenda for The Global Era"; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden Winter 2000 • ''"The Third Way Alternative: America's New Political Agenda"''; Contemporary Sociology Winter 6(3) Winter 2000 • "Globalization, Soft Power and the Challenge of Hollywood"; Contemporary Politics, 8(3) June 2002 • "American Declinism and the Third Way Option"; 2(2) June 2007 == Holocaust testimony ==

Otto Newman's video testimony is located in the library collections of: • Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. • Holocaust Museum Houston • Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre • Imperial War Museum, London, UK. • Yad Vashem, Israel == References ==