Dealing with Jewish Refugees during World War II: Conflicts and Cooperation

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Dealing with Jewish Refugees during World War II: Conflicts and Cooperation

Veranstalter
Barbara Häne / Sarah Hagmann / Catrina Langenegger / Olga Pollack, Basel Graduate School of History
Veranstaltungsort
University of Basel, Regenzzimmer 111, Kollegienhaus – Petersplatz
Ort
Basel
Land
Switzerland
Vom - Bis
14.11.2018 - 15.11.2018
Website
https://bgsh.geschichte.unibas.ch/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-detail/?L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4619&cHash=712df64d8d2c7b999a5fbad3bdfdfb8a
Von
Barbara Häne, Sarah Hagmann, Catrina Langenegger, Olga Pollack

During World War II, neutral and liberal states, and Jewish relief organisations each faced multiple but different challenges when dealing with Jewish refugees. Still, they were interconnected and interdependent: The former were oscillating between assuming responsibility and the aim to control immigration into their countries. The latter – with the objective of helping and rescuing their co-religionists – officially had to act within those legal frameworks. At the same time, Jewish relief organisations cooperated secretly with other individuals and organisations on a local, national and global scale, in order to pursue their own interests.

In this workshop, we will pay special attention to the different forms of conflict and cooperation between public authorities and (Jewish) relief organisations, to their roles and possible scope of action, and to refugee camps as temporary solutions and places of transit.

Hereby we aim to add new perspectives to the topic of Jewish flight and exile. The workshop brings together doctoral students and early career researchers working on the fields of Jewish history, the history of relief organisations/committees and refugee camps as well as researchers of migration, refugee and exile studies.

The workshop is supported by the Basel Graduate School of History and the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel.

Programm

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

13:00–13:30
Welcome and Introduction

13:30–15:30
PANEL I: INDIVIDUALS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SWITZERLAND
Chair: Patrik Süess (Basel)

Barbara Häne (Basel):
"The VSJF assisted these emigrants 100%, which (...) would not have been possible without the generous help of AJDC." - The relationship between the Association of Swiss Jewish Refugee Aid and Welfare Organisations (VSJF) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) during World War 2

Andrea Kirchner (Frankfurt/Jerusalem):
Richard Lichtheim (Jewish Agency/Geneva) and the Jewish refugee problem

Anne Lepper (Berlin):
“Fire extinguisher and a Jewish Red Cross” - Adolf Silberschein's RELICO and the Jewish Relief and Rescue activities in Switzerland during the Shoah

Respondent: Prof. Dr. Erik Petry (Basel)

15:30–16:00
Coffee Break

16:00–18:00
PANEL II: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE
Chair: Olga Pollack (Basel)

Sarah Hagmann (Basel):
“Then he can emigrate to the Far East at his own risk”: Cooperation between the Far Eastern Central Jewish Information Bureau in Harbin and the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden in Berlin, 1938-1939

Dr. Katharina Friedla (Jerusalem/Warsaw):
Lithuania – Japan – Shanghai: Jewish Refugees Trajectories of Survival and Rescue during the Second World War.

Amelia Allsop (London):
‘Shanghai’s problem is Hong Kong’s concern also’: Baghdadi Jews and the Hong Kong Jewish Refugee Society, 1938-1940

Respondent: Dr. Gabriele Anderl (Vienna)

18:00–18:30
Coffee Break

18:30–19:30
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Dr. Marc Perrenoud (Neuchâtel):
1938, 1948. Two crucial moments for the Jewish Refugees and for Switzerland??

20:00
Workshop Dinner
For invited speakers, respondents and chairs

Thursday, 15 November 2018

09:00–11:00
PANEL III: ARRIVING IN NEW COUNTRIES
Chair: Rhea Rieben (Basel)

Dr. Clemens Maier-Wolthausen (Berlin):
Refuge in the North. The Swedish Jews and the German and Austrian Jewish Refugees 1933-1941

Dr. Joseph Cronin (London):
“I do not trust her protestations of life-long admiration for the British”: The rhetoric of visa applications, affidavits and responses to Jews seeking refuge in colonial India, 1938-1941

Dr. Philipp Strobl (Innsbruck/Melbourne):
From “Dago” to “Reffo” – Ambivalent Experiences of Encounter of Jewish refugees in Australia (1938-1942)

Respondent: Dr. Stefanie Mahrer (Basel)

11:00–11:30
Coffee Break

11:30–13:30
PANEL IV: CAMPS
Chair: Lisa-Marie Zoller-Blundell (Basel)

Catrina Langenegger (Basel):
“Housing in an Institution like this is in itself Humiliating for the Refugees.” Reception Camps in Switzerland 1942-1945.

Katrin Sippel (Vienna):
Jewish refugees in Portugal 1938-1945

Dr. András Szécsényi (Budapest):
The Liberated Hungarian Deportees of Bergen-Belsen in Sweden (1945-1946)

Respondent: Dr. Simon Erlanger (Lucerne)

13:30–14:30
Lunch Break

14:30–16:00
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Moderation: Dr. Stefanie Mahrer (Basel)

Dr. Gabriele Anderl (Vienna)
PD Dr. Susanne Heim (Berlin)
Dr. Christian Höschler (Bad Arolsen)
Dr. Simon Erlanger (Lucerne)
Dr. Marc Perrenoud (Neuchâtel)

All participants are invited to register no later than 15 October 2018 via e-mail to Sarah Hagmann <s.hagmann@unibas.ch>.

Kontakt

Organization team "Dealing with Jewish Refugees"

Basel Graduate School of History
Kanonengasse 27, 4051 Basel

barbara.haene@unibas.ch
s.hagmann@unibas.ch
c.langenegger@unibas.ch
olga.pollack@uzh.ch

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