Language:
English
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Immigrants & Minorities
Angaben zur Quelle:
11,2 (1992) 130-155
Keywords:
Jewish refugees History 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Jews History 1939-1945
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Latin America Emigration and immigration 20th century
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Government policy
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History
Abstract:
During the crucial period of 1938-43, Latin American countries displayed "doublethink" with respect to the acceptance of Jewish refugees from the German-occupied areas. They declared that the "Jewish problem" and racism were purely European inventions and alien to Latin America. Promising at the Evian Conference to admit refugees, they in fact imposed numerous restrictions for Jewish immigrants. In 1942-43, Rufino Marin, a non-Jew and pro-Zionist, conducted a survey among Latin American statesmen and diplomats, many of whom had formulated Latin American immigration policy, asking them whether there was a "Jewish problem" in Latin America and how to solve it on a worldwide scale. Most of the responses (see pp. 139-150) proved sympathetic to Zionism. The respondents had an idealized image of Latin America as a non-antisemitic, non-racist region and a champion of freedom, which did not match the reality.
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