II.2 Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Development of Refugee Policies, 1933–1937

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. List of Figures viii
5. List of Abbreviations ix
6. Acknowledgements xi
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I: National and International Analyses of Policies towards the Refugees from Nazi Germany
9. I.1. International Refugee Policy and Jewish Immigration under the Shadow of National Socialism 17
10. I.2 The Danish Immigration Authorities and the Issue of Rassenschande 48
11. I.3 Unwilling Refuge: France and the Dilemma of Illegal Immigration, 1933–1939 57
12. I.4 Dwindling Options: Seeking Asylum in Switzerland 1933–1939 82
13. I.5 The 1930s: The End of the Latin American Open-door Policy 103
14. I.6 Shanghai: A Last Resort for Desperate Jews 109
15. I.7 Palestine as a Destination for Jewish Immigrants and Refugees from Nazi Germany 122
16. I.8 American Refugee Policy in the 1930s 151
17. I.9 Were Unaccompanied Child Refugees a Privileged Class of Refugees in the Liberal States of Europe? 169
18. Part II: A Comparative Analysis of Immigration Policies of Liberal States in Western Europe and the Flight from Nazi Germany
19. II.1. The Legal Construction of Policy towards Aliens prior to 1933 193
20. II.2 Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Development of Refugee Policies, 1933–1937 207
21. II.3 The Deepening Crisis: March 1938–October 1938 244
22. II.4 From Kristallnacht to War, November 1938–August 1939 276
23. Conclusion 313
24. Appendix 325
25. Notes on Contributors 327
26. Select Bibliography 331
27. Index 337