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The Unwanted: European Refugees from the First World War Through the Cold War

Review "The most comprehensive description of the European refugee problem The classic, comprehensive history of European refugees in the twentieth century. Temple University Press; 1 edition December 31, Language: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.

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The book is well-written and thorough for its length. It provides a good history of the development of modern institutions relating to migration such as the UNHCR and examines the failures of earlier institutions such as the League of Nations. I would recommend it for a serious student of immigration or modern European history.

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What bothered me in particular was the amount of details, you get bombarded with numbers to such a degree that your head starts to spin, you are introduced to new sub-subthemes every page and names are introduced and forgotten in an instance. It also felt like that the chapters on the rise of fascism and nazism have little connection to the earlier parts of the book, a connection that decreases with every page you read on, only in the chapter of post war europe do you read about pre war refugees fighting for the nazis.

But most importantly, it goes into such depth of the workings of Nazi Germany that I had to remind myself I was reading a book on refugees and not one on the holocaust.

The Unwanted: European Refugees from the First World War Through the Cold War

Now off course the flight of Jews and political opponents of nazism is an important part of the history of refugees however little is said on the flight of gypsies, political opponents or gays to me a shame since far less is talked about these victims than Jews. It almost feels like this book is two books in one; one on refugees and one on the holocaust and I wanted to read about the history of refugeeship.

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What I liked in the rest of the book and that lacked in the parts on the holocaust was the way Marrus wrote a well balanced account and analysis of refugees in many forms in the other periods. He talked about why refugees came from certain countries, how states reacted, how the host country population's reacted including private relief organisations , how life was for refugees depending on their background and popular perception of their background in the host countries and international context.

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He tries to do this in the holocaust part, however, the balance that worked in the rest of the book is lost. It boils down to what states did, what the nazis did, how many people moved when and where and some vague speculation on popular perception. He mention's but does not explore fascinating subjects such as the role of the red cross during the second world war, local initiatives to house fled Jews and in there is fact far to less attention to the plight of refugees itself and more on the position of Jews in Europe between and from a state level.

However it is interesting to read that the popular myth that if only the jewish population had known they might have fled earlier, is exactly that, a myth. The majority of countries tried their best to prevent Jewish migration to their countries.

So in general why three stars? Well as said the rest of the book is very interesting and well written and what he did do he did well, the poblem lies with what he did not do. I found it fascinating to read how much different refugees were treated in the 19th and early 20th century compared to the current context, the lack of passports and absolute freedom of travel for non colonial people as international norm in particular. Equally fascinating the hero status of political refugees such as Bakunin and rebel Polish army officers who would be called and treated as international terrorists today.

Not as good but still fascinating was the part of how the allies dealt with the millions of people uprooted after the second world war and not limited to Jews, but including wartime allies of the nazis. A complaint there and one that is valid for the entire book, is that more personal accounts of refugees would have been a great addition to the book. This is all very topdown and state focused and I did feel like I missed something vital to really comprehend what it meant to be a refugee in the several periods and circumstances.

The period after the second world war and its aftermath is also minimal to say the least and curiously the most notorious of political refugees in post war Europe: It might be that the author did let his ideological views interfere with his research which is a shame. But the foundation of the UN refugee institutions and comparison with the highly individual bounded league of nations institution the Nansen organisation was a welcome addition. So a good book but with severe limitations and issues one has to keep in mind when reading this book.

This does become more relevant because he emphasized that all parties in the Russian civil war persecuted jews and no-one protected them as a foretaste of what was to come and explain the active participation of locals in nazi killings but the anarchist cossacks who where a mighty force in Ukraine did protect jews and killed antisemitics and their military leader makhno did flee to France and his family was deported by the nazis and later the soviets.

So in light of the inclusion of notorious cossack leader general Krasnov who also fought the communists, fled to the west, fought with the nazis and was also deported by the soviets, it feels like a grave mistake not include the anarchists cossacks and their role in European history even if only to highlight what a wide array of people became refugees and were housed in European states. Feb 16, Julia rated it really liked it Shelves: The incredible populations flows during this time are the basis for our current refugee regime, for better or for worse.

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