Rezeption der Australian Jewish Welfare Society in The Age und The Sydney Morning Herald zwischen 1938 und 1943 -Maximilian Langbrugger, Jonas Steinmetz

Diese Aufsatzsammlung analysiert die Darstellung und Diskussion von Flucht und Migration in der australischen Presse der späten 1930er Jahre. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie Presseberichte zur Konstruktion von Fremdheit, Zugehörigkeit und nationaler Identität beitrugen, insbesondere im Kontext globaler Fluchtbewegungen aus dem nationalsozialistischen Europa. Die Blogbeiträge untersuchen anhand diskursanalytischer Methoden, welche Narrative – etwa Bedrohung, Überfremdung, ökonomische Belastung oder Humanität – in führenden australischen Zeitungen reproduziert und verhandelt wurden. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt dabei der restriktiven „White Australia Policy“ und der grundlegenden Prägung nationaler Identität durch Medienrhetorik. Die unterschiedlichen Beiträge nehmen spezifische Fallbeispiele in den Blick, darunter die Berichterstattung über die Évian-Konferenz, die Aufnahme jüdischer Flüchtlinge, die Darstellung unbegleiteter Migrant:innen und die spezifischen Narrative zu einzelnen Gruppen oder Ereignissen. Ebenso werden die Wechselwirkungen von Politik, Presse und Öffentlichkeit sowie die Spielräume für solidarische oder ausgrenzende Diskurse beleuchtet. Methodisch basiert das Projekt auf der Auswertung digitalisierter Zeitungsquellen und einer multiperspektivischen Herangehensweise im Rahmen eines universitären Lehrprojekts. Insgesamt verdeutlicht die Beiträge die historische Verwobenheit von medialen Diskursen, migrationspolitischer Praxis und gesellschaftlicher Identitätsbildung, deren Nachwirkungen bis in die Gegenwart reichen.

NA. “HMT Dunera in 1940: 1940.” Accessed 27.04.2025, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=hmt+dunera&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image

Rezeption der Australian Jewish Welfare Society in The Age und The Sydney Morning Herald zwischen 1938 und 1943

Maximilian Langbrugger, Jonas Steinmetz



Abbildung 1: Photographic Collection from Australia, “Milking sheds at Scheyville Training Farm” Dated: c. 01/01/1926 Digital ID: 5529_a003_a003000042r Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions, Accessed on 27.04.2025 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milking_sheds_at_Scheyville_Training_Farm_(7463952684).jpg
Abbildung 2: NA. “Aid for Jewish Refugees.” The Age, 29. 11.1938, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205207773?searchTerm=australian%20jewish%20welfare%20society, zuletzt geprüft am 27.04.2025.


Abbildung 3: NA. “HMT Dunera in 1940: 1940.” Accessed 27.04.2025, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=hmt+dunera&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image



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