LEADER 04600cam a2200613Ii 4500001 271761 005 20240621233703.0 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 140902t20142014cau obm 000 0 eng d 020 9781321183160 020 132118316X 035 (OCoLC)ocn889792005 035 271761 043 n-us---e-gw--- 049 LHMA 040 CUS |beng |erda |epn |cCUS |dCUS |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dLHM 099 COMPUTER FILE 100 1 Schenderlein, Anne C., |eauthor. 245 10 "Germany on Their Minds"? : |bGerman Jewish Refugees in the United States and Relationships to Germany, 1938-1988 / |cby Anne Clara Schenderlein. 264 1 [La Jolla] : |bUniversity of California, San Diego, |c2014. 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource (xii, 486 pages) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |2rdaft 588 0 Online resource; title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 2, 2014). 502 |bPh. D. |cUniversity of California, San Diego |d2014 500 Vita. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-486). 530 Also available in print. 520 3 In the 1930s and early 1940s, approximately 90,000 Jews from Germany came to the United States as refugees fleeing the Nazis. Though these refugees were hurt by and driven from their homeland, many of them, in spite of this experience, lived with their lives and identities inextricably connected to Germany. This was not always because they wanted to engage, but often because the broader political circumstances of their lives in the United States during the Second World War and the Cold War demanded some sort of engagement with their German background, or because the Germans themselves initiated contact with the refugees, or both. This dissertation investigates these relationships between Germany and the German Jewish refugees who settled in the United States between 1938 and 1988. Using publications and records of refugee organizations in the United States and West German federal and municipal governments, in combination with oral histories, letters, and memoirs, this dissertation analyzes refugee discourses concerning Germany and interactions between refugees and Germans. It shows how Germany--as a nation state, with its political systems, institutions, and people, and as an imaginary--affected the ways in which ordinary German Jewish refugees in the United States constructed their personal and communal lives and identities. It further shows, how, in turn, German Jewish refugees in the U.S. influenced West German identity formation. This dissertation thus argues that neither the history of the refugees nor that of postwar Germany can be fully understood without consideration of the interrelations and interactions between the two. German Jewish refugees in the United States played a role in channeling Germany's democratic ambitions and German outreach activities, such as through the Foreign Office and municipal visitor programs. Such programs contributed, conversely, to a strengthening of German Jewish refugee identity many years after the end of the war. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jewish refugees |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xRefugees |zUnited States. 650 0 Jews, German |zUnited States |xSocial conditions |y20th century. 650 0 Jews, German |zUnited States |xForeign influences. 651 0 Germany (West) |xForeign relations |zUnited States. 651 0 United States |xForeign relations |zGermany (West) 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 Diplomatic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 Jewish refugees. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01730523 650 7 Refugees. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01092797 651 7 Germany (West) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210273 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 653 GermanyHistory 1938-1988JewsRefugeesRelationshipsUnited states. 655 4 Dissertations, Academic |zUCSD |xHistory. 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 856 40 |3Electronic version(s) available. |uhttp://escholarship.org/uc/item/6jp63935 |zHosted by eScholarship, University of California 856 42 |3ProQuest Abstract |uhttp://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/fullcit?p3636659 852 |ber