Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Menorah; Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
4,1-2 (1990) 28-39
Keywords:
Jews History 1939-1945
;
Jewish refugees
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
On 1 December 1938 the Australian government announced that 15,000 refugees would be admitted over the next three years. The Department of Interior had difficulty in processing the large number of applications and sent Assistant Secretary T.H. Garrett to London in April 1939 to prepare a report on the refugee situation. Garrett toured the continent in July-August 1939, and submitted his report in August. He described Eastern European Jews as undesirable types for immigration. He recommended that Australia House in London process all applications, and differentiate between Jews, Catholics, and other Christians. Jews would be required to have at least 3,000 pounds landing money, a sum which few refugees had at that time. With the outbreak of the war, the refugees became enemy aliens, and only those who already had landing permits were allowed to proceed to Australia. States that Garrett's stereotyping of the Jews according to supposedly racial or genetic characteristics reflected the attitudes of Australian policymakers at the time, who were insular, narrow, and discriminatory.
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