Original wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 23 cm. First Spanish edition. Abridged. Published simultaneously in English as Post-War Migrations: Proposals for an international agency (54 pages in length) , the Spanish edition title translates as Suggestions for the Regularization of Post-War Migrations. No citation of translators name. Published under the auspices of the Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems of the American Jewish Committee. Introduction by Paul Van Zeeland; this 1943 report intended to situate the reality of massive displacement and post-war migration of refugees and attempts to unite interested parties on a global field to begin preparations for post-war assistance. Settlement of refugees in Latin America would be an important part of the reconstruction of Jewish life after the war, but, ironically, it became the home of many Nazis fleeing post-war Europe as well. Max Gottschalk (18891976) , Belgian social scientist and Jewish leader. [
] He directed the Research Institute for Peace and Postwar Problems of the American Jewish Committee (194049) and from 1959 the Centre National des Hautes Etudes Juives, financed by the Belgian government. As president of the Belgian Committee for Refugees from Nazi Germany (193340) , he was instrumental in the rescue of the passengers from the ship St. Louis, which was sent back from Cuba and finally permitted to land in Antwerp (July 1939) . (EJ 2007) Paul Guillaume van Zeeland (11 November 1893 22 September 1973) was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman born in Soignies. In 1939, Van Zeeland became president of the Committee on Refugees, established in London, and was made High Commissioner for the repatriation of displaced Belgians in 1944. In 1946, he was one of the founders of the European League for Economic Cooperation. Subjects: Emigration and immigration. Migration, Internal - Europe. World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees. No listings on OCLC. Near fine condition. Rare. (HOLO2-104-13)
