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Unwelcome exiles : Mexico and the Jewish refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945 / by Daniela Gleizer; translated by Susan Thomae.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gleizer Salzman, Daniela.
- Series:
- Jewish Latin America (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 4.
- Jewish Latin America : issues and methods, 2211-0968 ; 4
- Standardized Title:
- Exilio incómodo. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Immigrants.
- Jews--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Mexico.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933–1945 reconstructs a largely unknown history: during the Second World War, the Mexican government closed its doors to Jewish refugees expelled by the Nazis. In this comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, Daniela Gleizer emphasizes the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy, which sought to preserve mestizaje —the country’s blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered “inassimilable” and therefore “undesirable.” Through her analysis of Mexico’s role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930's and 40's, Gleizer challenges the country’s traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted. This book is a revised and expanded translation of the Spanish El exilio incómodo. México y los refugiados judíos, 1933-1945 , which received an Honorable Mention in the LAJSA Book Prize Award 2013.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Background
- 2 Jewish Refuge: A European Problem, 1933–1937
- 3 The Key Year: 1938
- Illustrations
- 4 From Projects for Jewish Colonization to Greater Inflexibility, 1939–1940
- 5 Signs of a Thaw? The Early Years of Manuel Avila Camacho’s Government, 1941–1942
- 6 The Urgency of Refuge: 1943–1945
- Final Thoughts
- Archives Consulted
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Originally published as: El exilio incomodo : Mexico y los refugiados judios, 1933-1945. México, D.F. : El Colegio de Mexico-Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26210-5
- OCLC:
- 862611281
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