This book provides the first dedicated study of the Evian Conference of July 1938, an international initiative called by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. While on the surface the conference appeared as an attempt to alleviate the distress faced by Jews being forced out of Germany and Austria, in reality it only served to demonstrate that the nations of the world were not willing to accept Jews as refugees. Since the Holocaust, a generally-held assumption has been tha...
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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Roosevelt Calls the Meeting.- Chapter 3. Initial Responses to the Invitation.- Chapter 4. The Big Three: Taylor, Bérenger, Wint...
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Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA. H...