THE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND THE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY OF PALESTINE: A MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICERS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES ON THE OCCASION OF ITS SESSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
[New York], The Committee, 1939. Item #42407
1st edition. Original printed stiff wrappers with brass clips, 4to, 30 single-sided typescript leaves, 29 cm. Published the same year as Kristalnacht, this report outlines the work of the United Palestine Appeal, the work of Keren Hayesod, and the possibilities for more refugees (primarily German and Austrian Jews) to settle in Palestine. Not the more common 32-page reprint issued later that year. SUBJECT(S): Colonization. Land settlement -- Eretz Israel. Colonisation interieure Palestine. Middle East. Israel. Economic conditions. Jewish refugees OCLC: 832811. OCLC-Worldcat lists 8 copies in the US (Harvard, YIVO, Spertus, BostonPL, Brandeis, Wayne State, HUC, RegentULaw). Covers rubbed, paper slightly toning, otherwise Very Good Condition (HOLO2-117-50A-’lexcc).
Price: $225.00