The author looks at the relationship between two famous early sociological community studies, "Middletown" and "Marienthal." The latter became Paul Lazarsfeld's "ticket out of Europe just as the continent was descending into fascism." Drifting Along: Unemployment and Interwar Social Research, from Marienthal to Muncie Dec 28, 2020 Joseph Malherek
Finding suitable teaching materials to prepare Jewish children and youth for their new lives in Palestine after having survived the Holocaust presented a unique set of challenges. Some Challenges for Knowledge Transfer in Jewish Displaced Persons Camps after World War II Apr 15, 2021 Matthias Springborn
Annette Lützel explains the FRG's very different responses to the large numbers of refugees who came in the early 1990s and in 2015. Citing recent employment and job-training numbers, she sees an ongoing positive trend. From Hoyerswerda to Welcome Culture: Asylum and Integration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany Nov 5, 2020 Annette Lützel
Through playtime, Jewish refugee children in Shanghai acquired specific knowledge about their new home through sources unavailable to adults refugees. The Power of Play: Jewish Refugee Children in World War II Shanghai Mar 18, 2020 Kimberly Cheng