Book/Printed Material The League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany : James G. McDonald and Hitler's victims

Title

• The League of Nations and the refugees from Nazi Germany : James G. McDonald and Hitler's victims

Summary

• "Greg Burgess's important new study explores the short life of the High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany, from its creation by the League of Nations in October 1933 to the resignation of High Commissioner, James G. McDonald, in December 1935. The book relates the history of the first stage of refugees from Germany through the prism of McDonald and the High Commission. It analyses the factors that shaped the Commission's formation, the undertakings the Commission embarked upon and its eventual failure owing to external complications. The League of Nations and the Refugees from Nazi Germany argues that, in spite of the Commission's failure, the refugees from Nazi Germany and the High Commission's work mark a turn in conceptions of international humanitarian responsibilities when a state defies standards of proper behaviour towards its citizens. From this point on, it was no longer considered sufficient or acceptable for states to respect the sovereign rights of another if the rights of citizens were being violated. Greg Burgess discusses this idea, amongst others, in detail as part of what is a crucial volume for all scholars and students of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and modern Jewish history "-- Provided by publisher.

Names

• Burgess, Greg, 1957- author

Created / Published

• London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Contents

• 1. The Refugees from Nazism, 1933 -- 2. James G. McDonald in Berlin and Geneva -- 3. The High Commissioner for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany -- 4. The Lausanne Office, December 1933 -- 5. Pricking their Conscience : Winter 1933-34 -- 6. A Peaceable and Just Solution -- 7. Plans and Illusions -- 8. Reckoning : Winter 1934-1935 -- 9. Mission to Latin America -- 10. Disillusion : Spring and Summer 1935 -- 11. Reform and Resignation -- 12. Postscript.

Headings

• -  McDonald, James G.--(James Grover),--1886-1964
• -  High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany--History
• -  Diplomats--United States--Biography
• -  Jewish refugees--Germany--History--20th century
• -  Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century
• -  Political persecution--Germany--History--20th century
• -  Political refugees--Germany--History--20th century
• -  HISTORY / Europe / Germany
• -  HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
• -  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
• -  Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
• -  Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

• E748.M1475

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2016034759

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2016034759

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2016034759

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