“As Mr. Schwarz is not Jewish, we are unable to handle this case.” Elements of (Un)Success in Overseas Emigration from Post-war Czechoslovakia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20497432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jozef Hyrja (0000-0001-9170-1846, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forum Historiae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1337-6861 • E-ISSN: 1337-6861 |
| Publisher | Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31577/forhist.2021.15.2.2 |
| OpenAlex | W4200155305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
HYRJA, Jozef. "As Mr. Schwarz is not Jewish, we are unable to handle this case. " Elements of (Un)Success in Overseas Emigration from Post-war Czechoslovakia. Through the case study of the Schwarz family, this paper illustrates the complex relationship between an individual and institutions as well as the question of mutual trust-and mistrust-in the emigration process. The Schwarz family's attempt to emigrate from Czechoslovakia with the assistance of intermediary organizations provides a wealth of insight into the (dis)function of a state and its administration after the war and during a time of defining the country's approach to specific minority groups. This case provides a description of the chain of interlinked events and shifting loyalties which often occurred between the individual, intermediaries, donors or sponsors and the state. It concerns a group of Holocaust survivors who failed to regain Czechoslovak citizenship after World War II based on a specific ethnic definition of eligibility and found themselves "stateless"
Archaeology · Emigration · Judaism · Political science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |