Lecture Series: Inter-American History and Culture, University of Graz Wednesday, 24.11.2021
18.45 – 20.15 Hrs
Starting a new life elsewhere: Flight and Integration Stories of Jewish Refugees in Canada and the United States of America
The lecture deals with the expulsion of the Jewish population from Nazi Germany and in particular with the possibilities of fleeing to Canada and the United States of America. It discusses conditions under which refugees were able to find admission and asylum there, the difficulties they encountered, and how the situation of refugees changed after the outbreak of World War II in 1939, as they became “enemy aliens” in countries at war with Nazi Germany (e.g., Canada, Great Britain).
Andrea Strutz, historian, key researcher and head of the program line “Forced Migration” at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War and lecturer at the Universities of Graz; postdoctoral habilitation in Contemporary History, University of Graz.
https://unimeet.uni-graz.at/b/cwi-ery-125-wse
For more information click on the flyer.