The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis

• Main Author: Bartrop, Paul R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts
• Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; United States-History.; World history.; Europe-History-1492-.; Religion and sociology.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.; US History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; History of Modern Europe.; Religion and Society.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Roosevelt Calls the Meeting
• Chapter 3. Initial Responses to the Invitation
• Chapter 4. The Big Three: Taylor, Bérenger, Winterton
• Chapter 5. Introductory Statements
• Chapter 6. The Delegates Speak
• Chapter 7. The Sub-Committees
• Chapter 8. Evian: The Dénouement
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index.