The Jews of Europe from the Perspective of the Brazilian Foreign Service, 1933–1941
This article explores the ways in which Brazil closed its doors to potential Jewish refugees in the 1930s and early 1940s. The resulting picture mirrors, to some degree, the situation that prevailed throughout South America. The behavior of the Brazilian consuls and ambassadors not only reflected th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1995, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-120 |
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| Summary: | This article explores the ways in which Brazil closed its doors to potential Jewish refugees in the 1930s and early 1940s. The resulting picture mirrors, to some degree, the situation that prevailed throughout South America. The behavior of the Brazilian consuls and ambassadors not only reflected the growing antisemitism at home and in the countries to which they were posted, but rather some of these diplomats actually helped shape these policies. On the one hand, actions taken by the Brazilian elite towards Jews showed the many difficulties of fleeing Europe in the face of policies that sought to bar them from the country, and, on the other, human behavior spanning the spectrum, from racist antisemitism to philosemitism on humanitarian grounds. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/9.1.94 |