ISBN:
9789004262102
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2014
Series Statement:
Jewish Latin America v. 4
Series Statement:
issues and methods
Uniform Title:
Exilio incómodo
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945
Keywords:
Jews History 20th century
;
World War, 1939-1945 Refugees
;
Immigrants History 20th century
;
Mexico Emigration and immigration
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Background -- 2 Jewish Refuge: A European Problem, 1933–1937 -- 3 The Key Year: 1938 -- Illustrations -- 4 From Projects for Jewish Colonization to Greater Inflexibility, 1939–1940 -- 5 Signs of a Thaw? The Early Years of Manuel Avila Camacho’s Government, 1941–1942 -- 6 The Urgency of Refuge: 1943–1945 -- Final Thoughts -- Archives Consulted -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933–1945 reconstructs a largely unknown history: during the Second World War, the Mexican government closed its doors to Jewish refugees expelled by the Nazis. In this comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, Daniela Gleizer emphasizes the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy, which sought to preserve mestizaje —the country’s blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered “inassimilable” and therefore “undesirable.” Through her analysis of Mexico’s role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930s and 40s, Gleizer challenges the country’s traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted. This book is a revised and expanded translation of the Spanish El exilio incómodo. México y los refugiados judíos, 1933-1945 , which received an Honorable Mention in the LAJSA Book Prize Award 2013
Note:
Originally published as: El exilio incomodo : Mexico y los refugiados judios, 1933-1945. México, D.F. : El Colegio de Mexico-Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, 2011
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004262102
