Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945

Mexico and the Jewish refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945

Bibliographic Data

ID19901943
AuthorsDaniela Gleizer (0000-0002-4991-3762, corresponding author), Daniela Gleizer Salzman
Year2014
Pages334
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueUnwelcome exiles (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004262102
OpenAlexW4299325871
ISBN9789004262102
Open LibraryOL31160192M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933–1945 reconstructs a largely unknown history: during the Second World War, the Mexican government closed its doors to Jewish refugees expelled by the Nazis. In this comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, Daniela Gleizer emphasizes the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy, which sought to preserve mestizaje—the country's blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered "inassimilable" and therefore "undesirable." Through her analysis of Mexico's role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930s and 40s, Gleizer challenges the country's traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted. This book is a revised and expanded translation of the Spanish El exilio incómodo. México y los refugiados judíos, 1933-1945, which received an Honorable Mention in the LAJSA Book Prize Award 2013

Archaeology · German · Judaism · Nazism · Political science · Refugee · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies · 1939-1945 · 20th century · emigration and immigration · Immigrants · Jewish refugees · Jews · Mexico · Refugees · World War · World war, refugees

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