The lifeline : : Salomon Grumbach and the quest for safety / / Meredith L. Scott.

• Superior document: Brill's series in Jewish studies ; Volume 72
• VerfasserIn: Scott, Meredith L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in Jewish studies ; Volume 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (194 pages)
• Notes: The Lifeline is the ground-breaking study of Salomon Grumbach, an Alsatian Jew, journalist, and socialist politician who became one of Europe’s most important refugee advocates. It examines his life in interwar France and beyond, tracing his human rights activism across the decades.

During the first months of World War II, nearly one thousand refugees and asylum seekers held in French internment camps sought the help of one man: Salomon Grumbach. Meredith Scott’s The Lifeline is a ground-breaking study of Grumbach, an Alsatian Jew, journalist, and socialist politician who became one of Europe’s most important interwar refugee advocates. Focusing on his remarkable life in Germany and France, it uncovers the identities that drove his international crusades for democracy and human rights. The Lifeline offers lessons that transcend national boundaries and historical moments, challenging us to rethink our ideas about resistance, mobilization, and activism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Foundations -- 1 Hattstatt and beyond, the Early Years -- 1 Roots -- 2 Pre-War and Wartime Controversies -- 3 World War i -- 2 Towards Reconciliation, 1918–1932 -- 1 Contours of Public Engagement -- 2 Rapprochement & a Fragile Peace -- 3 And When We Wake Up, It Will Be Too Late, 1932–1936 -- 1 Sounding the Alarm -- 2 The Crisis of February 1934 -- 3 The Crisis Begins -- 4 Voices from the Abyss, 1936–1939 -- 1 Deputy of Castres -- 2 Fragmentation -- 3 Munich and beyond -- 4 Birth of the Internment Camp System -- 5 Survival, 1939–1945 -- 1 Establishment of Vichy and the Massilia Affair -- 2 Captivity -- Conclusion -- 1 Stability, Security, and Peace -- Bibliography -- Index.