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Doc. 11: Comments on the Evian Conference

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 Golda Meir

Worum geht es: 

In the following, you will find statements of three women, Golda Meir, Nora Levin and Anne O’Hare McCormick, who eyewitnessed the conference. The last statement of Walter Mondale dates back to 1979 and refers to the Vietnamese refugees in 1978 and 1979 ("Boat People").

Material: 

  • Nora Levin: The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945, New York 1973, p. 70. 

  • Anne O’Hare McCormick: Europe; The Refugee Question as a Test of Civilization, in: New York Times, 4 July 1938. 

  • Golda Meir: My Life, New York, 1975, p. 158.

  • Walter Mondale: Evian and Geneva, in: New York Times, 28July 1979. 

Doc. 10: Decisions taken at the Evian Conference

Submitted by Nadja on Tue, 22/11/2016 - 14:13

 (The Intergovernmental Committee)  Adopted by the Committee on July 14th, 1938

Material: 

  • Proceedings of the Intergovernmental Committee, Evian, July 6th to 15th, 1938. Verbatim Record of the Plenary Meetings of the Committee. Resolutions and Reports, London, July 1938.

  • Salomon Adler-Rudel: The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook (1968), pp. 235–276.

  • The New York Times, "Will the Evian conference guide him to freedom?", July 3rd, 1938.

Doc. 9. Positions of the Jewish organisations

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With the permission of the Nazi-authorities the "Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland" (Jewish Council of Germany) which cooperated closely with the "Jüdische Kultusgemeind

Worum geht es: 

In this chapter you'll find the memorandum the Jewish Council of Germany wrote in preparation for the conference. Please find the entire document in the download section.

Material: 

Proceedings of the Intergovernmental Committee, Evian, July 6th-15th, 1938. Verbatim record of the plenary meetings of the committee, resolutions and reports. Chambery : s.n., 1938. (Salomon Adler-Rudel: The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook (1968), pp. 235–276.)

Doc. 8: The second sub-committee

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The second working group, the Sub-Committee on the Reception of Those Concerned with the Relief of Political Refugees from Germany (including Austria), chaired by the Australian minister, Lt.

Material: 

  • David Vital, A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789–1939 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 886.

Doc. 7: The first sub-committee

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The so-called "technical sub-committee", under the chairmanship of judge Michel Hansson from Norway, was to deal with questions concerning the steps that could be taken, within the framew

Material: 

  • Salomon Adler-Rudel, The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institut Yearbook (1968), 235-276.

 

Doc. 6: Positions and arguments of the other delegates

Submitted by Nadja on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 14:09

Nearly twenty-five speakers participated, reading one by one statements referring to the particular character of their countries, existing immigration legislation, the necessity of negotiating with

Worum geht es: 

In this section, you'll find the positions of different countries that participated in the Evian Conference. Please find the entire document in the download section.

Material: 

Salomon Adler-Rudel, The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institut Yearbook (1968), 235-276.

Doc. 5: The Opening Public Session

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 Myron Taylor, United States of America

Worum geht es: 

In this chapter, representatives of Great Britain, France, and the United States explain the purpose of the Evian conference and define the positions of their countries. Please find the entire material in the download section.

Material: 

  • Salomon Adler-Rudel, The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institut Yearbook (1968), 235-276.

Doc. 4: The course of the conference

Submitted by Nadja on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 12:31

In the resort-town of Evian on Lake Geneva delegates from 32 countries met for a nine-day intergovernmental conference, accompanied by some 200 international journalists accredited as observers.

Worum geht es: 

 This chapter provides a short overview of the course of the Evian conference.

Material: 

  • Salomon Adler-Rudel, The Evian Conference on the Refugee Question, in: Leo Baeck Institut Yearbook (1968), 235-276.

Doc. 3: The "Reichsfluchtsteuer" (Reich Escape Tax)

Submitted by Nadja on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 12:19

During the Great Depression, the German government limited the free flow of capital and strictly controlled the exchange of foreign currency.

Worum geht es: 

This chapter informs about the Escape Tax (Reichsfluchtsteuer) imposed in the Weimar Republic, which became a punitive anti-Semitic tax after the Nazi Party’s rise to power.

Material: 

  • Reichsgesetzblatt l. 1931 I, pp. 699-745, RGBl. 1931 I, pp. 699-745, Dokumentationszentrum Österreichischer Widerstand.

Doc. 2: Forced migration of Jewish refugees

Submitted by Nadja on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 11:53

According to the official census of June 1933, the number of "religious" Jews was 505,000; at the beginning of 1933 the figure is estimated to be 522,000 Jews in Germany.

Worum geht es: 

This chapter shows the numbers of Jewish people who were forced to leave Greater Germany. Please find the entire document in the download section.

Material: 

  • Martin Gilbert, The Dent Atlas of the Holocaust, p.23. 

  • Monika Richarz, Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland, 3. Bd., p. 53.

  • Juliane Wetzel, Auswanderung aus Deutschland, in: Benz (Hg.), Die Juden in Deutschland 1933–1945, pp. 413–498.

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