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Title: | Bid to settle Jewish refugees from Nazi-Germany in Botswana, 1938-1939 |
Author: | Makgala, Christian John |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090) |
Volume: | 38 |
Pages: | 20-32 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Botswana South Africa Southern Africa |
Subjects: | Jews refugees colonial policy 1930-1939 History, Archaeology Botswana--History Jewish refugees |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41235984 |
Abstract: | In an attempt to help Jews fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s the colonial government in Botswana (Bechuanaland Protectorate) agreed to the settlement of Jewish refugees in some European areas (Tati District and Tuli Block) in order to improve agricultural production.The economic decline in Botswana, owing to an embargo by South Africa on cattle from Botswana, influenced the colonial authorities to welcome the idea of settling Jewish refugees. The outbreak of World War II and later the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel seem to have led to the abandonment of the plan to resettle Jews in Botswana. This paper starts with an overview of the relations between Botswana and South Africa from 1910 to 1941. The plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the response of the British government and the British Jewish community is then discussed, as well as anti-semitism in South Africa and the South African government's policy on Jewish immigrants. This is followed by an account of the attempt to settle Jewish refugees in Botswana. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |