Language:
German
Year of publication:
1983
Titel der Quelle:
Exil in Grossbritannien
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1983) 44-61
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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Jews, German History 1933-1945
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Jewish refugees History 20th century
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Refugees History 20th century
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Great Britain Emigration and immigration 20th century
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Government policy
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History
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Germany Emigration and immigration 1933-1945
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History
Abstract:
The legislative basis for British policy towards the German emigration between 1933-1945 originated in hostility to the settlement of Jews or Germans in Britain following the First World War. However, it is remarkable that despite the immigration laws in force at the time, of the 49,500 Germans and Austrians admitted to Britain between 1933-39, perhaps 90% were Jews. Describes the views of the Home Office and the Cabinet, from 1933 on, on the issue of developing a more liberal policy on immigration into Britain. The period between the Munich agreement and the outbreak of war marked a peak in government and public sympathy for the German emigration, but this sympathy waned by the summer of 1940. Subsequently, no refugees from enemy-occupied territories were admitted to Britain. Although the treatment of the refugees in Britain gradually improved after 1940, they remained subject to the provisions of the 1920 Aliens Order as well as other restrictions.
Note:
Appeared in English as "The British government and the German immigration 1933-1945" in "Exile in Great Britain" (1984) 63-81.
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