Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War

The article explores a line of analysis, virtually unexplored in Hispanic American historiography, focused on the examination of Jewish flight and salvation trajectories through the Far East. To this end, the article focuses on and delves into the perceptions, feelings, and emotions of those who wer...

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Autor principal: Teitelbaum, Vanesa
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025
Materias:
Argentina
Polonia
Refugiados judíos
Escape
Shoá
Poland
Jewish refugees
Shoah
Acceso en línea:https://cuadernosdelciesal.unr.edu.ar/index.php/inicio/article/view/173
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Polonia
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Escape
Shoá
Argentina
Poland
Jewish refugees
Escape
Shoah
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Polonia
Refugiados judíos
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Argentina
Poland
Jewish refugees
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Shoah
Teitelbaum, Vanesa
Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
topic_facet Argentina
Polonia
Refugiados judíos
Escape
Shoá
Argentina
Poland
Jewish refugees
Escape
Shoah
author Teitelbaum, Vanesa
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title Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
title_short Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
title_full Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
title_fullStr Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
title_full_unstemmed Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War
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description The article explores a line of analysis, virtually unexplored in Hispanic American historiography, focused on the examination of Jewish flight and salvation trajectories through the Far East. To this end, the article focuses on and delves into the perceptions, feelings, and emotions of those who were saved through this escape route and migrated to different destinations, such as Argentina, Mexico, and other American territories. Reviving the category of emotional community coined by Barbara Rosenwein, the article suggests that Jewish refugees shared a range of emotions and feelings, such as fear, uncertainty, pain, fatigue, and affliction, combined with relief, hope, and gratitude for the assistance received from family members, diplomatic officials, and especially members of refugee aid committees. In the specific case of the Polish Jews who escaped via this escape route through the Far East, it was also possible to identify a set of specific feelings, emotions, and perceptions, such as praise for the hospitality and kindness of the Japanese and appreciation for the role played by the Refugee Aid Committee in Kobe. The primary sources for this work were personal documents, such as diaries, and oral and written testimonies preserved in archives such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), supplemented by materials from the Oral History Division of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the National Library of Israel and testimonies held in the archives of Yad Vashem.
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spelling I15-R228-article-1732025-12-16T19:52:45Z Of pain, affliction and hope: escapes and migration to the Americas from Jewish refugees in times of the Second World War De dolor, aflicción y esperanza: huidas y migración a las Américas de los refugiados judíos en tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Teitelbaum, Vanesa Argentina Polonia Refugiados judíos Escape Shoá Argentina Poland Jewish refugees Escape Shoah The article explores a line of analysis, virtually unexplored in Hispanic American historiography, focused on the examination of Jewish flight and salvation trajectories through the Far East. To this end, the article focuses on and delves into the perceptions, feelings, and emotions of those who were saved through this escape route and migrated to different destinations, such as Argentina, Mexico, and other American territories. Reviving the category of emotional community coined by Barbara Rosenwein, the article suggests that Jewish refugees shared a range of emotions and feelings, such as fear, uncertainty, pain, fatigue, and affliction, combined with relief, hope, and gratitude for the assistance received from family members, diplomatic officials, and especially members of refugee aid committees. In the specific case of the Polish Jews who escaped via this escape route through the Far East, it was also possible to identify a set of specific feelings, emotions, and perceptions, such as praise for the hospitality and kindness of the Japanese and appreciation for the role played by the Refugee Aid Committee in Kobe. The primary sources for this work were personal documents, such as diaries, and oral and written testimonies preserved in archives such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), supplemented by materials from the Oral History Division of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the National Library of Israel and testimonies held in the archives of Yad Vashem. El artículo profundiza una línea de análisis, prácticamente inexplorada por la historiografía hispanoamericana, centrada en el examen de las trayectorias de huida y salvación judía a través del Lejano Oriente. Con ese propósito, el trabajo se detiene y ahonda en torno a las percepciones, sentimientos y emociones de quienes se salvaron a través de esta ruta de escape y migraron hacia diferentes destinos, como Argentina, México y otros espacios americanos. El artículo sugiere, retomando la categoría de comunidad emocional acuñada por Barbara Rosenwein, que los refugiados judíos compartieron un conjunto de emociones y sentimientos, tales como el miedo, la incertidumbre, el dolor, el cansancio y la aflicción, combinados con el alivio, la esperanza y el agradecimiento a las ayudas recibidas, tanto por parte de familiares, como de funcionarios diplomáticos y especialmente de integrantes de comités de ayuda a los refugiados. En el caso específico de los judíos polacos que se salvaron a través de esta ruta de escape por el Lejano Oriente, fue posible, además, identificar un conjunto de sentimientos, emociones y percepciones específicas, tales como el elogio a la hospitalidad y la amabilidad de los japoneses y la valoración al papel desempeñado por el Comité de Ayuda a los Refugiados en Kobe. Las principales fuentes para este trabajo fueron documentos personales, como diarios y testimonios orales y escritos conservados en archivos como el United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), (Estados Unidos), complementados con materiales de la División de Historia Oral del Instituto de Judaísmo Contemporáneo de la Biblioteca Nacional de Israel y testimonios resguardados en los archivos del Yad Vashem. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-12-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf text/html https://cuadernosdelciesal.unr.edu.ar/index.php/inicio/article/view/173 10.35305/cc.v2i24.173 Cuadernos del Ciesal; Vol. 2 Núm. 24 (2025); 1-28 1853-8827 spa https://cuadernosdelciesal.unr.edu.ar/index.php/inicio/article/view/173/267 https://cuadernosdelciesal.unr.edu.ar/index.php/inicio/article/view/173/273 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

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