Countries Welcoming Holocaust Survivors
The concept of movement to various countries to escape persecution is essential when discussing Holocaust survivors. The sole purpose of each person fleeing Europe was to remove oppression and infringement upon their freedoms. Some countries’ governments and societies were more welcoming to foreigners seeking refuge than others; however, no matter what country the oppressed people arrived in, they faced many challenges in order to obtain desirable freedoms. Many of the Holocaust survivors movement sent them to Israel where they were placed in private institutions and initially did not receive adequate care (1).
Other Holocaust survivors fled to countries in North America. Canada in particular was a country during 1933-1945 who did not allow many Jewish immigrants to seek refuge in their country (2). The survivors needed to assimilate to the culture of the new country they lived in due to societal norms and cultural values. The reception of Holocaust survivors in new countries is significant because it shows the freedoms that the people wanted to escape from through movement, and it also brings attention to the freedoms upheld and restricted in a new country once movement has been obtained.
Other Holocaust survivors fled to countries in North America. Canada in particular was a country during 1933-1945 who did not allow many Jewish immigrants to seek refuge in their country (2). The survivors needed to assimilate to the culture of the new country they lived in due to societal norms and cultural values. The reception of Holocaust survivors in new countries is significant because it shows the freedoms that the people wanted to escape from through movement, and it also brings attention to the freedoms upheld and restricted in a new country once movement has been obtained.
Sources
(1) Davidovitch, Nadav, and Rakefet Zalashik. "Recalling the Survivors: Between Memory and
Forgetfulness of Hospitalized Holocaust Survivors in Israel." Israel Studies 12, no. 2
(2007): 145-63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30245665.
(2) Wiseman, Nelson. "Adara Goldberg. Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion,
Transformation, 1947-1955." Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal 48, no. 2 (2016): 179+.
World History in Context (accessed October 23, 2017).
https://ezproxy.butler.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A471474247/WHIC? u=butleru&xid=04267a29.
(1) Davidovitch, Nadav, and Rakefet Zalashik. "Recalling the Survivors: Between Memory and
Forgetfulness of Hospitalized Holocaust Survivors in Israel." Israel Studies 12, no. 2
(2007): 145-63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30245665.
(2) Wiseman, Nelson. "Adara Goldberg. Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion,
Transformation, 1947-1955." Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal 48, no. 2 (2016): 179+.
World History in Context (accessed October 23, 2017).
https://ezproxy.butler.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A471474247/WHIC? u=butleru&xid=04267a29.