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The League of Nations and the Refugees from Nazi Germany
Greg Burgess
其他書名
James G. McDonald and Hitler's Victims
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016-10-20
主題History / Europe / GermanyHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralSocial Science / Emigration & ImmigrationHistory / Europe / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
ISBN14742766369781474276634
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bHAwDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

Greg Burgess's important new study explores the short life of the High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany, from its creation by the League of Nations in October 1933 to the resignation of High Commissioner, James G. McDonald, in December 1935.

The book relates the history of the first stage of refugees from Germany through the prism of McDonald and the High Commission. It analyses the factors that shaped the Commission's formation, the undertakings the Commission embarked upon and its eventual failure owing to external complications.

The League of Nations and the Refugees from Nazi Germany argues that, in spite of the Commission's failure, the refugees from Nazi Germany and the High Commission's work mark a turn in conceptions of international humanitarian responsibilities when a state defies standards of proper behaviour towards its citizens. From this point on, it was no longer considered sufficient or acceptable for states to respect the sovereign rights of another if the rights of citizens were being violated. Greg Burgess discusses this idea, amongst others, in detail as part of what is a crucial volume for all scholars and students of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and modern Jewish history.