The League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany : James G. McDonald and Hitler's victims
"Greg Burgess's important new study explores the short life of the High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany, from its creation by the League of Nations in October 1933 to the resignation of High Commissioner, James G. McDonald, in December 1935. The book relates...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016
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| Schlagworte: | Jewish refugees Political refugees Diplomats Jews Political persecution McDonald, James G. Völkerbund Deutschland Flüchtling Geschichte 1933-1935 |
| Umfang: | 224 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Greg Burgess's important new study explores the short life of the High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany, from its creation by the League of Nations in October 1933 to the resignation of High Commissioner, James G. McDonald, in December 1935. The book relates the history of the first stage of refugees from Germany through the prism of McDonald and the High Commission. It analyses the factors that shaped the Commission's formation, the undertakings the Commission embarked upon and its eventual failure owing to external complications. The League of Nations and the Refugees from Nazi Germany argues that, in spite of the Commission's failure, the refugees from Nazi Germany and the High Commission's work mark a turn in conceptions of international humanitarian responsibilities when a state defies standards of proper behaviour towards its citizens. From this point on, it was no longer considered sufficient or acceptable for states to respect the sovereign rights of another if the rights of citizens were being violated. Greg Burgess discusses this idea, amongst others, in detail as part of what is a crucial volume for all scholars and students of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and modern Jewish history "-- 1. The Refugees from Nazism, 1933 -- 2. James G. McDonald in Berlin and Geneva -- 3. The High Commissioner for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany -- 4. The Lausanne Office, December 1933 -- 5. Pricking their Conscience : Winter 1933-34 -- 6. A Peaceable and Just Solution -- 7. Plans and Illusions -- 8. Reckoning : Winter 1934-1935 -- 9. Mission to Latin America -- 10. Disillusion : Spring and Summer 1935 -- 11. Reform and Resignation -- 12. Postscript |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 207-215 Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | 224 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781474276610 147427661X 9781474276627 1474276628 9781474276634 1474276636 9781474276641 1474276644 |