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The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis

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Authors:
  1. Paul R. Bartrop

    1. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA

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  • Provides the first comprehensive examination of the Evian Conference of July 1938
  • Addresses a gap in the historiography of the Holocaust
  • Draws upon previously untapped archival material from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the United States
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Holocaust and its Contexts (HOLC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 1-10

  3. Roosevelt Calls the Meeting

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 11-19

  4. Initial Responses to the Invitation

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 21-32

  5. The Big Three: Taylor, Bérenger, Winterton

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 33-42

  6. Introductory Statements

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 43-54

  7. The Delegates Speak

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 55-80

  8. The Sub-Committees

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 81-93

  9. Evian: The Dénouement

    • Paul R. Bartrop
    Pages 95-106

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 107-128
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About this book

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, in reality it only served to demonstrate that the nations of the world were not willing to accept Jews as refugees. Since the Holocaust, a generally-held assumption has been that the Evian Conference represented a lost opportunity to save Germany’s Jews, and that the conference failed to rescue the Jews of Europe. In this study, Paul Bartrop argues that in fact it did not fail when measured against the original reasons for which it was called. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the meeting, this work addresses a glaring lacuna in the literature of the Holocaust, and places the so-called 'failure' of the Evian Conference into its proper context. 



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“Paul Bartrop has written a provocative and eminently readable book employing a wide range of previously unexplored sources and challenging the hitherto widely accepted view that the Evian Conference failed to achieve its objectives. The Evian Conference of 1938 and the Jewish Refugee Crisis should prove an indispensable resource for historians of the Holocaust and the period which preceded it.” (Michael Cohen, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Australia)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA

    Paul R. Bartrop

About the author

Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA. He is an award-winning author, co-author, editor and co-editor of several major works in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, as well as author of numerous scholarly articles.

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