The Unwanted
America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Jews.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews, European -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Jews.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews, European -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781524733193
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HISTORY War WWII Holocaust Dob | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
A Borzoi book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.