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

Title
The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.
Author
Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
Publication
  • New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 19-2856Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Details

Additional Authors
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Description
xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm
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"--
Subject
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 > Relations with Jews
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 > Political and social views
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • 1900-1999
  • Jews, European > Government policy > History > United States > 20th century
  • Jews > Persecutions > History > Europe > 20th century
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue
  • Emigration and immigration > Government policy
  • Jews
  • Political and social views
  • Relations with Jews
  • HISTORY / Holocaust
  • United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > 20th century
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • A Borzoi book.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
Contents
Foreword by Sara Bloomfield -- November 1938 -- Visa lines -- FDR -- Kippenheim -- Flight -- Save our souls -- Fifth column -- Gurs -- Marseille-Martinique -- Les milles -- Enemy aliens -- To the East -- Epilogue: Memory.
Call Number
JFE 19-2856
ISBN
  • 9781524733193
  • 1524733199
  • 9781524733209 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2018024784
  • 40029041477
OCLC
1038034269
Author
Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.
Title
The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Other Form:
Online version: Dobbs, Michael, 1950- Unwanted. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] 9781524733209 (DLC) 2018025652
Other Standard Identifier
40029041477
Research Call Number
JFE 19-2856
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