Refugees, human rights, and realpolitik : the clandestine immigration of Jewish refugees from Italy to Palestine, 1945-1948 / Daphna Sharfman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharfman, Dafnah, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in modern European history ; 64.

Routledge studies in modern European history ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Italy--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jewish refugees--Italy--History--20th century.

Jewish refugees.

Jewish refugees--Government policy--Italy.

Zionism--History--20th century.

Zionism.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Palestine.

Italy--Ethnic relations.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2019]

Summary:

This book presents a multidimensional case study of international human rights in the immediate post-Second World War period, and the way in which complex refugee problems created by the war were often in direct competition with strategic interests and national sovereignty. The case study is the clandestine immigration of Jewish refugees from Italy to Palestine in 1945-1948, which was part of a British-Zionist conflict over Palestine, involving strategic and humanitarian attitudes. The result was a clear subjection of human rights considerations to strategic and political interests.

Contents:

Refugees in Europe, 1920-1948

Human rights: a "window of opportunity"?

Jewish refugees: the long way from the camps to Palestine

Political developments: the British, the Americans, the Zionists, and the Palestine question

British immigration policy

Italy and the Allies, 1943-1948

Italy and the Jews: the Fascist burden and the war time rescue

Jewish refugees in Italy

Britain and Italy: politics and pressures

The Italians and the Zionists, the clandestine cooperation and the La Spezia affair

Britain and the Jewish refugees: resistance and human rights

Refugees as international actors or pawns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-99544-8

1-315-27613-5

1-351-99545-6

9781315276137

OCLC:

1082518908