Language:
French
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Tsafon; revue d'études juives du Nord
Angaben zur Quelle:
61 (2011) 127-149
Keywords:
Jewish refugees
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Eretz Israel Aliyah
;
France Emigration and immigration
Abstract:
As hopes for legal immigration to Palestine dissipated in 1942, the Armée Juive (AJ), established in 1941 in Toulouse, set up two illegal networks to help Jews escape via Spain. The Service d'évacuation et de regroupement (SER) and Service d'évacuation de regroupement des enfants (SERE), initially intended for members of the AJ wanting to join the Jewish Brigade in Palestine, was used also for rescuing Jewish children and families. Over 500 Jews were able to leave occupied Europe via these escape routes. Gives a detailed account of the smuggling out of persecuted Jews, including a group of German Jews who had first fled to Holland. In Spain, the refugees were aided by the Joint, the Quakers, and the International Red Cross. Intially strict in its immigration policy, Spain softened up as the war continued. After November 1942, French refugees were no longer handed over to Vichy; they were interned in camps and then allowed to go on to other countries. Ca. 350 of those helped by the AJ left for Palestine in October 1944 on board the "Guinée"; they were preceded by a smaller group in January 1944.
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