Hitler's Refugees and the French Response, 1933–1938

Julius Fein examines the French response to the large number of German refugees between 1933 and 1938. Fein demonstrates how the Quai d'Orsay sought a compromise between the Republican canon, which said France must help the persecuted, and the factors that limited its willingness to accept refugees, including economic depression, mass unemployment, anti-Semitism, and anti-German sentiment. -- Provided by publisher Julius George Stephen Fein examines the French response to the large number of German refugees between 1933 to 1938. Fein demonstrates how the Quai d'Orsay sought a compromise between the Republican canon which said France must help the persecuted and the factors which limited its willingness to accept refugees, including economic depression, anti-Semitism, anti-German sentiment, and mass unemployment This book examines the ways in which the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Quai d'Orsay) responded to the large number of German citizens who sought refuge in France between 1933 and 1938