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Uneasy asylum : France and the Jewish refugee crisis, 1933-1942

Author: Vicki Caron
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1999.
Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book, which draws on a rich array of primary sources and archival materials, offers the first major appraisal of French responses to the Jewish refugee crisis after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. It explores French policies and attitudes toward Jewish refugees from three interrelated vantage points: government policy, public opinion, and the role of the French Jewish community."--Jacket.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Vicki Caron
ISBN: 0804733120 9780804733120
OCLC Number: 39556735
Description: xi, 605 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Refugee Policy and Middle-Class Protest During the Great Depression, 1933-36 --
The Conservative Crackdown of 1934-35 --
The Great Invasion I, 1933-36 --
Loyalties in Conflict: French Jewry and the Refugee Crisis, 1933-May 1936 --
Refugee Policy During the Popular Front Era --
Breaking the Impasse: Colonial and Agricultural Schemes During the Popular Front Era --
The Deluge: From the Anschluss to Evian --
The Impact of Appeasement --
The Corsscurrents of 1939 --
The Missed Opportunity: Refugee Policy in Wartime --
The Great Invasion II, 1936-40 --
The Politics of Frustration: The Remaking of the Jewish Relief Efffort, 1936-40 --
The Path to Vichy: Continuities and Discontinuities in Jewish Refugee Policy
Series Title: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Responsibility: Vicki Caron.
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Abstract:

"This book, which draws on a rich array of primary sources and archival materials, offers the first major appraisal of French responses to the Jewish refugee crisis after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. It explores French policies and attitudes toward Jewish refugees from three interrelated vantage points: government policy, public opinion, and the role of the French Jewish community."--Jacket.

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