In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941
US consuls played a distinctive and crucial role in control of Jewish refugee entry into the United States in 1933-41. The consuls decided individual cases and in doing so had discretion to grant immigration visas. This extended to interpreting aspects of the immigration laws and regulations which were not fully defined, notably the likely to become a public charge clause.
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In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941
US consuls played a distinctive and crucial role in control of Jewish refugee entry into the United States in 1933-41. The consuls decided individual cases and in doing so had discretion to grant immigration visas. This extended to interpreting aspects of the immigration laws and regulations which were not fully defined, notably the likely to become a public charge clause.
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In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941

In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941

by Bat-Ami Zucker
In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941

In Search of Refuge: Jews and US Consuls in Nazi Germany 1933-1941

by Bat-Ami Zucker

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Overview

US consuls played a distinctive and crucial role in control of Jewish refugee entry into the United States in 1933-41. The consuls decided individual cases and in doing so had discretion to grant immigration visas. This extended to interpreting aspects of the immigration laws and regulations which were not fully defined, notably the likely to become a public charge clause.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780853034001
Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
Publication date: 01/01/2001
Series: Parkes-Wiener Series on Jewish Studies Series
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Acknowledgmentsxiii
Introduction1
Part IThe Legal and Political Context
1Nazi Anti-Jewish Policy and Jewish Emigration9
2Antisemitism--The American Scene18
3Immigration Laws and Regulations28
4The Refugee Question46
Part IIImmigration Policy
5Problems Facing Consuls in Nazi Germany65
6Immigration Visas79
7Non-Quota Immigration112
8Non-Immigration Visitors122
Part IIIThe Decision-Makers
9The Consuls, the Refugees, and the State Department135
10Immigration and Antisemitism170
Notes180
Bibliography215
Index225
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