'Children knocking at our gates': the activities of the German Jewish Children's Aid, 1933--39
Among those who suffered most upon Hitler"s rise to power in 1933 were the children of the German-Jewish community. Perceived by the Nazis as the hope and future of German Jewry, they became a target themselves, and were socially and academically ostracized. The American-Jewish community, witne...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 387-411 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism KBB German language area KBQ North America TK Recent history |
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National Socialism
B Government Policy B Jewish refugees B Children of Nazis B World War, 1914-1918 B United States B Emigration & Immigration B Judaism B History B Child B Jewish Children Services for B Germany |
| Summary: | Among those who suffered most upon Hitler"s rise to power in 1933 were the children of the German-Jewish community. Perceived by the Nazis as the hope and future of German Jewry, they became a target themselves, and were socially and academically ostracized. The American-Jewish community, witnessing the plight of these children, was called upon to help. It established a special organization, the German Jewish Children"s Aid, which became the first Jewish organization in the United States dedicated to transferring Jewish children, who travelled unaccompanied from Germany to the United States, and caring for all their needs upon their arrival. This study examines the circumstances of the establishment of the GJCA, its methods of operation, and the measure of its success in reaching the difficult target it had set for itself. This against the backdrop of limitations, social, legal and logistical, that accompanied the rescue attempts of American Jewry. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2097 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish studies
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