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Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
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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.
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Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
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.
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The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.
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Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Call #:
940
.5318142
D632u
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.
ISBN:
9781524733193 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiii, 346 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
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: Remembering.
Summary:
"In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote that "a piece of paper with a stamp on it" was "the difference between life and death." The Unwanted is the intimate account of a small village on the edge of the Black Forest whose Jewish families desperately pursued American visas to flee the Nazis. Battling formidable bureaucratic obstacles, some make it to the United States while others are unable to obtain the necessary documents. Some are murdered in Auschwitz, their applications for American visas still "pending." Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, interviews, and visa records, Michael Dobbs provides an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930s and 1940s. He describes the deportation of German Jews to France in October 1940, along with their continuing quest for American visas. And he re-creates the heated debates among U.S. officials over whether or not to admit refugees amid growing concerns about "fifth columnists," at a time when the American public was deeply isolationist, xenophobic, and antisemitic. A Holocaust story that is both German and American, The Unwanted vividly captures the experiences of a small community struggling to survive amid tumultuous world events."--From publisher.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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