Welcoming the Undesirables - Brazil and the Jewish Question

"This book adds an important new dimension to the worldwide history of the Jewish refugees during the Holocaust."—Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University

"Lesser's book explains the Latin American Jewish experience more than any other book I know."—Robert M. Levine, University of Miami

List of contents

List of Tables
A Note on Spelling
Abbreviations Used in the Text and Notes
Preface
Introduction: Brazil and the Jews

1. The "Other" Arrives
2. Nationalism, Nativism, and Restriction
3. Brazil Responds to the "Jewish Question"
4. Anti-Semitism and Philo-Semitism?
5. The Pope, the Dictator, and the Refugees Who Never Came
6. Epilogue: Brazilian Jews, Jewish Brazilians

Appendixes
1. The Jewish Population of Brazil
2. Jewish and General Immigration to Brazil,1881-1942
3. Port of Jewish Arrivals in Brazil, 1925-1930
4. Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1925-1935 
5. Jewish and General Immigration to Brazil, 1925-1947 
6. Jewish Immigration to Brazil, by Country of Origin, 1933-1942 
7. Jewish Emigration from Germany and Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1933-1941 
8. Jewish Immigrants as a Percentage of All Immigrants to Brazil and Other Countries,1933-1947 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
Photographs 

About the author

Jeffrey Lesser is Professor of History and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at Emory University.

Summary

This text tells the poignant and puzzling story of how, earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future."

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Lesser, Lesser Jeffrey
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1995
• EAN: 9780520084131
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08413-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Brazil, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, History of the Americas, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities