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The League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany : James G. McDonald and Hitler's victims / Greg Burgess.
LIBRA E748.M1475 B87 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Greg, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McDonald, James G. (James Grover), 1886-1964.
- McDonald, James G.
- High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany--History.
- High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany.
- Jewish refugees--Germany--History--20th century.
- Jewish refugees.
- Political refugees--Germany--History--20th century.
- Political refugees.
- History.
- Germany.
- Diplomats--United States--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- United States.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Political persecution--Germany--History--20th century.
- Political persecution.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Politics and government.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
- Summary:
- "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 "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Burgess, Greg, 1957- author. League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany
- ISBN:
- 9781474276610
- 147427661X
- OCLC:
- 934676858
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