Refugees and Rescue - The Diaries and Papers of James G. Mcdonald, 19351945

Informationen zum Autor James G. McDonald, edited by Richard Breitman, Barbara McDonald Stewart, Severin Hochberg Klappentext Following the lauded Advocate for the Doomed (IUP, 2007), this is the second of a projected three-volume work that will significantly revise views of the Holocaust, its antecedents, and its aftermath. Zusammenfassung Presents an evidence that challenges the opinions about Roosevelt's views on the rescue of European Jews before and during the Holocaust. This title discloses the struggles of presidential confidant James G McDonald, who resigned as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1935, and his allies to transfer many of the otherwise doomed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Germany to the Soviet Union: August 1935 2. Nuremberg Laws: September 1935 3. Deterioration on All Fronts: October 1935 4. How to Resign? November 1935 5. Dramatic Protest: December 1935 6. Aftermath: 1936-1937 7. Refugee Politics and Diplomacy: 1938 8. Toward War and Catastrophe: 1939 9. Refugees as Spies: 1940 10. Close Relatives as Hostages: 1941 11. Refuge in Latin America 12. The War and the Holocaust: 1942-1945 Conclusion by Richard Breitman Index

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• Authors: Richard Stewart Breitman, James Mcdonald, James G. Mcdonald, McDonald James G
• Assisted by: Richard Breitman (Editor), Edited by Richard Breitman Barbara McDon (Editor), Severin Hochberg (Editor), Barbara Stewart (Editor), Barbara Mcdonald Stewart (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780253353078
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35307-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries