Forced Migration, Flight, and Refuge in the West

doi:10.1017/9781108990158.017

14 - Forced Migration, Flight, and Refuge in the West

from Part II - Times and Places

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2025

Miriam Rürup

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Mary Fulbrook and

Jürgen Matthäus

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Mary Fulbrook: Affiliation:
University College London
Jürgen Matthäus: Affiliation:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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This chapter summarizes prewar determinants of Western attitudes towards refugees/migrants and their correlation with wartime measures prompted by increasing German violence; and addresses escape logistics (restrictions on transportation, importance of exit/transit/entry permits), relief efforts (for camp inmates, internees, stranded refugees), and the scope/limitations of clandestine efforts (by Jewish and other organizations).

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attitudes towards refugees/migrants relief efforts escape logistics

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 336 - 355

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990158.017 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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