Interfaith Cooperation in America on Behalf of the DP Acts, 1948–1950

The article deals with interfaith collaboration in the United States for the enactment of emergency legislation for the admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons. It discusses the forces that shaped the activities of church-related organizations in postwar America, evaluates the particular interests of...

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1. VerfasserIn: Genizi, Haim (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 1994
In: Holocaust and genocide studies
Jahr: 1994, Band: 8, Heft: 1, Seiten: 75-93
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Zusammenfassung:The article deals with interfaith collaboration in the United States for the enactment of emergency legislation for the admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons. It discusses the forces that shaped the activities of church-related organizations in postwar America, evaluates the particular interests of the various religious agencies, depicts the bitter interfaith struggle in the campaign to amend the DP act, and draws conclusions as to the outcome of this cooperation.
ISSN:1476-7937
Enthält:Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/hgs/8.1.75