1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793328603321

Autore

Sharfman Dafnah

Titolo

Refugees, human rights, and realpolitik : the clandestine immigration of Jewish refugees from Italy to Palestine, 1945-1948 / / Daphna Sharfman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-351-99544-8

1-315-27613-5

1-351-99545-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in modern European history ; ; 64

Disciplina

304.8/569404509044

Soggetti

Jews - Italy - History - 20th century

Jewish refugees - Italy - History - 20th century

Jewish refugees - Government policy - Italy

Zionism - History - 20th century

Great Britain Emigration and immigration Government policy History 20th century

Palestine Emigration and immigration History 20th century

Italy Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Refugees in Europe, 1920-1948 -- Human rights: a "window of opportunity"? -- Jewish refugees: the long way from the camps to Palestine -- Political developments: the British, the Americans, the Zionists, and the Palestine question -- British immigration policy -- Italy and the Allies, 1943-1948 -- Italy and the Jews: the Fascist burden and the war time rescue -- Jewish refugees in Italy -- Britain and Italy: politics and pressures -- The Italians and the Zionists, the clandestine cooperation and the La Spezia affair -- Britain and the Jewish refugees: resistance and human rights -- Refugees as international actors or pawns.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a multidimensional case study of international human rights in the immediate post-Second World War period, and the



way in which complex refugee problems created by the war were often in direct competition with strategic interests and national sovereignty. The case study is the clandestine immigration of Jewish refugees from Italy to Palestine in 1945-1948, which was part of a British-Zionist conflict over Palestine, involving strategic and humanitarian attitudes. The result was a clear subjection of human rights considerations to strategic and political interests.