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The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis


The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis


The Holocaust and its Contexts

von: Paul R. Bartrop

64,19 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 17.09.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783319650463
Sprache: englisch

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<div>This book provides the first dedicated study of the Evian Conference of July 1938, an international initiative called by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  While on the surface the conference appeared as an attempt to alleviate the distress faced by Jews being forced out of Germany and Austria, in reality it only served to demonstrate that the nations of the world were not willing to accept Jews as refugees. Since the Holocaust, a generally-held assumption has been that the Evian Conference represented a lost opportunity to save Germany’s Jews, and that the conference failed to rescue the Jews of Europe. In this study, Paul Bartrop argues that in fact it did not fail when measured against the original reasons for which it was called. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the meeting, this work addresses a glaring lacuna in the literature of the Holocaust, and places the so-called 'failure' of the Evian Conference into its proper context. <br/></div><div><br/></div>
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Roosevelt Calls the Meeting.- Chapter 3. Initial Responses to the Invitation.- Chapter 4. The Big Three: Taylor, Bérenger, Winterton.- Chapter 5. Introductory Statements.- Chapter 6. The Delegates Speak.- Chapter 7. The Sub-Committees.- Chapter 8. Evian: The Dénouement.- Appendices.- Bibliography.- Index.
Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA. He is an award-winning author, co-author, editor and co-editor of several major works in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, as well as author of numerous scholarly articles.
<div>This book provides the first dedicated study of the Evian Conference of July 1938, an international initiative called by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  While on the surface the conference appeared as an attempt to alleviate the distress faced by Jews being forced out of Germany and Austria, in reality it only served to demonstrate that the nations of the world were not willing to accept Jews as refugees. Since the Holocaust, a generally-held assumption has been that the Evian Conference represented a lost opportunity to save Germany’s Jews, and that the conference failed to rescue the Jews of Europe. In this study, Paul Bartrop argues that in fact it did not fail when measured against the original reasons for which it was called. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the meeting, this work addresses a glaring lacuna in the literature of the Holocaust, and places the so-called 'failure' of the Evian Conference into its proper context. <br/></div>
Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Evian Conference of July 1938 Addresses a gap in the historiography of the Holocaust Draws upon previously untapped archival material from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the United States Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<div>​Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Evian Conference of July 1938</div><div>Addresses a gap in the historiography of the Holocaust<br/></div><div>Draws upon previously untapped archival material from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the United States<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
“Paul Bartrop has written a provocative and eminently readable book employing a wide range of previously unexplored sources and challenging the hitherto widely accepted view that the Evian Conference failed to achieve its objectives. The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis should prove an indispensable resource for historians of the Holocaust and the period which preceded it.” (Michael Cohen, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Australia)<p></p>

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