The Creation of the German-Jewish Diaspora by Hagit Hadassa L... - 9783110500615

The Creation of the German-Jewish DiasporaInterwar German-Jewish Immigration to Palestine, the USA, and England\nAuthor(s): Hagit Hadassa Lavsky\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter Oldenbourg\nISBN-13: 9783110500615, 978-3110500615\nSynopsis\nThis book is first of its kind to deal with the interwar Jewish emigration from Germany in a comparative framework and follows the entire migration process from the point of view of the emigrants. It combines the usage of social and economic measures with the individual stories of the immigrants, thereby revealing the complex connection between the socio-economic profile varieties and the decisions regarding emigration if, when and where to. The encounter between the various immigrant-refugee groups and the different host societies in different times produced diverse stories of presence, function, absorption and self-awareness in the three major overseas destinations Palestine, the USA, and Great Britain -- d.