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As the seat of the League of Nations, as well as of a series of other international and non-governmental organizations, Geneva appeared in the interwar period as the culminating point of the efforts pursued since the 19th century to institutionalize international relations. In this context, Geneva was also the site of a Jewish diplomacy which, by means of advocacy an…

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Picard, Jacques, “Geneva”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 07 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0256>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20200106



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