Unwelcome exiles
Subtitle: Mexico and the Jewish refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945
By: by Daniela Gleizer
Series: Jewish Latin America : issues and methods -- volume 4
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789004259935; 9789004262102
Subjects: Jews; History; Emigration and immigration; World War, 1939-1945; Refugees; Immigrants
Work titles: Exilio incómodo
Description: "'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"--provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published as: El exilio incomodo : Mexico y los refugiados judios, 1933-1945. México, D.F. : El Colegio de Mexico-Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-320) and index.