TY - BOOK AU - Gleizer Salzman,Daniela TI - Unwelcome exiles: Mexico and the Jewish refugees from Nazism, 1933-1945 T2 - Jewish Latin America : issues and methods, SN - 9789004262102 AV - F1392.J4 G53713 2011 U1 - 972/.0004924 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Jews KW - Mexico KW - History KW - 20th century KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Refugees KW - Immigrants KW - Emigration and immigration N1 - Originally published as: El exilio incomodo : Mexico y los refugiados judios, 1933-1945. México, D.F. : El Colegio de Mexico-Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Background -- 2 Jewish Refuge: A European Problem, 1933–1937 -- 3 The Key Year: 1938 -- Illustrations -- 4 From Projects for Jewish Colonization to Greater Inflexibility, 1939–1940 -- 5 Signs of a Thaw? The Early Years of Manuel Avila Camacho’s Government, 1941–1942 -- 6 The Urgency of Refuge: 1943–1945 -- Final Thoughts -- Archives Consulted -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933–1945 reconstructs a largely unknown history: during the Second World War, the Mexican government closed its doors to Jewish refugees expelled by the Nazis. In this comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, Daniela Gleizer emphasizes the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy, which sought to preserve mestizaje —the country’s blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered “inassimilable” and therefore “undesirable.” Through her analysis of Mexico’s role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930s and 40s, Gleizer challenges the country’s traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted. This book is a revised and expanded translation of the Spanish El exilio incómodo. México y los refugiados judíos, 1933-1945 , which received an Honorable Mention in the LAJSA Book Prize Award 2013 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004262102 ER -