Trapped in No Man’s Land: Comparing Refugee Crises in the Past and Present
- Images of refugees being trapped at the eastern Polish border have evoked memories of another time: in 1939, Polish Jews fleeing from Nazi occupied Poland eastwards were denied entry to the Soviet Union and were stuck right at the same place as people today, along the river Bug. Reflecting on the historical analogies that have been drawn in this context in Polish public debate, the article discusses their validity and usefulness in understanding similarities and difference of both past andImages of refugees being trapped at the eastern Polish border have evoked memories of another time: in 1939, Polish Jews fleeing from Nazi occupied Poland eastwards were denied entry to the Soviet Union and were stuck right at the same place as people today, along the river Bug. Reflecting on the historical analogies that have been drawn in this context in Polish public debate, the article discusses their validity and usefulness in understanding similarities and difference of both past and present refugee crises.…
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0134 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Lidia Zessin-JurekGND |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | Trapped in No Man’s Land: Comparing Refugee Crises in the Past and Present |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2022/12/06 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/11/30 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/12/20 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | Belarus; Jewish refugees; Nation Socialism; Poland; Soviet Union; border; occupation; refugees |
| GND Keyword: | Polen; Belarus; Grenzschutz; Flüchtling; Juden; Öffentliche Meinung; Polenaktion |
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| File Size: | 883 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
