statelessness, n.Definitions

Statelessness (n.) turned ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠into an asset only in Denmark — not by itself, but because a government had decided to protect the stateless.

Statelessness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where persecution begins: in nearly all countries, anti-Jewish action started with stateless persons.

Statelessness (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠drafted by legal experts as a prelude to murder: it made it impossible for any country to inquire into the victims' fate, and let the state seize their property.

Statelessness (n.) de ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠facto let Israel try Eichmann — as he should have known from his own career, one could do as one pleased only with stateless people; the Jews had to lose their nationality before they could be exterminated.