| Luick-Thrams, Michael : "Creating 'New Americans': WWII-Era European Refugees' Formation of American Identities" |
zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil.)
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften der Philosophischen Fakultät I der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Präsident: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Meyer
Dekan: Prof. Dr. Ludolf Herbst
Gutachter:
1. Prof. Dr. Ludolf Herbst
2. Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kaelble
Tag der Disputation: 2. Juli 1997
Table of Contents | |
| Titlepage | "Creating 'New Americans': WWII-Era European Refugees' Formation of American Identities" |
| Introduction | Introduction: Creating "New Americans": WWII-Era European Refugees' Formation of American Identities |
| Scholastic Considerations, Perspectives and Goals | |
| Scholastic Considerations | |
| Scholastic Perspectives | |
| Scholastic Goals | |
| References to Sources | |
| 1 | Part I: Persecution, Flight and Reception of WWII-era Refugees |
| Chapter 1 Persecution and Flight of WWII-era Refugees | |
| General Comments | |
| References to Specific Examples | |
| Political Refugees | |
| Exiled Artists | |
| Intellectuals | |
| Religious Dissenters | |
| "Non-Aryans" | |
| Refugees from Nazi-Occupation | |
| Chapter 2 Reception in Residential Refugee Programs | |
| General Comments | |
| References to Specific Examples | |
| Agricultural Projects | |
| Halutz Agricultural Schools | |
| Land Settlement, Perpignan, Eastern Pyrenees, France | |
| Holwell Hyde | |
| Boarding Schools | |
| Bunce Court | |
| the Cedars | |
| Rest Homes | |
| Falkenstein | |
| Battle and Lavendercroft | |
| Aberdeen Camp | |
| Hostels | |
| Finca Paso Seco | |
| Quaker Hill | |
| Government-sponsored Camps | |
| Kitchener Camp | |
| Fort Ontario | |
| 2 | Part II: Documentation and Analysis of Scattergood Hostel |
| Chapter 3 Scattergood Hostel as Refugee Center and Integration Program | |
| Friends' Motives | |
| Find an Outlet for the Application of Quaker Values | |
| Rehabilitate Refugees | |
| Friends' Goals | |
| Integrate and Assimilate Refugees | |
| Settle Refugees in the Midwest, Away from the Northeast | |
| Establish Kibbutzim-style Settlements in America | |
| Chapter 4 Scattergood Hostel's Guests | |
| Characteristics "Typical" of Refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe | |
| Ways in Which Scattergood Hostel Guests Differed from the Norm | |
| Official Quaker Policies Regarding the Treatment of Guests | |
| Chapter 5 Scattergood Hostel's Staff | |
| Religious Affiliation | |
| Age | |
| Profession | |
| Training | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chapter 6 Scattergood Hostel's Community | |
| Community Spirit within the Hostel | |
| Outside Sentiment Toward the Hostel | |
| Chapter 7 Scattergood Hostel's Work, Education and Freetime Programs | |
| Work | |
| Education | |
| Freetime | |
| Chapter 8 Scattergood Hostel's Job Placement Program | |
| Premises | |
| Failures | |
| Successes | |
| Specific Examples | |
| Scholars, Intellectuals, Students and Scientists | |
| Teachers | |
| Lawyers and Judges | |
| Social Workers | |
| Physicians and Medical Workers | |
| Business People | |
| the Self-employed | |
| those Engaged in Manufacturing | |
| Semi-skilled Laborers | |
| Chapter 9 Scattergood Hostel Refugee's Changing Relationship to America | |
| Initial Impressions of America | |
| Adults | |
| Walter Shostal | |
| Erhard Winter | |
| Emil Deutsch | |
| Ernst Malamerson | |
| Marianne Welter | |
| Children | |
| Frank Keller | |
| Edith Lichtenstein | |
| Ilse Seligmann | |
| Pierre Shostal | |
| Hanna Deutsch | |
| Irmgard Rosenzweig | |
| Later Attitudes toward America | |
| Adults | |
| Walter Shostal | |
| Erhard Winter | |
| Emil Deutsch | |
| Ernst [Malamerson] van den Haag | |
| Marianne Welter | |
| Former Children | |
| Frank Keller | |
| Edith [Lichtenstein] Morgan | |
| Elizabeth [Ilse Seligmann/Seaman] Chilton | |
| Pierre Shostal | |
| Hanna [Deutsch] Clampitt | |
| Irmgard [Rosenzweig] Wessel | |
| 3 | Part III: Comparisons of Refugee Programs and Refugees' Formation of American Identities |
| Chapter 10 Comparisons of Refugee Programs | |
| Chapter 11 WWII-era European Refugees' Formation of American Identities | |
| Means of "Americanization" through Adaptation and Adjustment | |
| Externally Referenced Processes of Social Adaptation | |
| Internally Referenced Processes of Behavioral Adjustment | |
| Results of "Americanization" Process | |
| Closing Comment | |
| Appendix A | Refugees' Parting Comments |
| Appendix B | German Versions of Passages Used in Text |
| Abbreviations | |
| Bibliography | |
| PERTAINING TO SCATTERGOOD HOSTEL | |
| PUBLISHED MATERIALS | |
| UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS* | |
| INTERVIEWS | |
| PERTAINING TO WWII-ERA REFUGEES | |
| SELECTED TITLES: | |
| ARTICLES AND REPORTS | |
| BOOKS | |
| SUGGESTED TITLES: | |
| ARTICLES AND REPORTS | |
| BOOKS | |
| Acknowledgements | |
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