The unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between

"The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler. Official tie-in to the U.S. Holocaust Museum multi-year exhibit"--

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Main Author: Dobbs, Michael 1950- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Alfred A. Knopf 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In BetweenMichael Dobbs (2021) (Schwertfeger, Ruth)
Edition:First edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Jews / Refugee / Immigration policy / History 1933-1945
B Kippenheim / Jews / Jewish persecution / Emigration / USA / History 1938-1942
Further subjects:B Jews (Persecutions) (Europe) History 20th century
B Jews, European Government policy (United States) History 20th century
B Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) Relations with Jews
B United States Emigration and immigration Government policy 20th century
B Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) Political and social views
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
B World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue
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Summary:"The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler. Official tie-in to the U.S. Holocaust Museum multi-year exhibit"--
Foreword by Sara Bloomfield -- 1. November 1938 -- 2. Visa lines -- 3. FDR -- 4. Kippenheim -- 5. Flight -- 6. Save our souls -- 7. Fifth column -- 8. Gurs -- 9. Marseille-Martinique -- 10. Les milles -- 11. Enemy aliens -- 12. To the East -- 13. Epilogue: Remembering
Item Description:Borzoi book
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1524733199