Language:
English
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
American Jewish History
Angaben zur Quelle:
94,1-2 (2008) 21-40
Keywords:
Marshall, Louis,
;
American Jewish Committee
;
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Discusses the efforts of Marshall, president of the American Jewish Committee, at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to defend the rights of Jews in the new states of eastern Europe. The postwar atmosphere was one of increased nationalism and antisemitism. The Jewish representatives at the conference came from East and West, and were divided not only in regard to strategies, but also in regard to Jewish goals. Since the main interest of U.S. President Wilson was in international stability rather than in minority rights for Jews or other minorities, Marshall's attempt to guarantee rights for Jews, especially in the new states of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, as well as in Romania and Greece, were frustrated. In terms of protecting Jews, the final treaty lacked meaningful content and provisions for enforcement. Furthermore, the efforts to guarantee rights for Polish Jews may even have backfired, since they aroused resentment against the West and against the Jews.
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