Call number
737.719 Dobbs
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Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Description
"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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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
LibraryThing member arubabookwoman
This is an account of the Jewish inhabitants of a small German village and their desperate attempts to emigrate from the hostile environment beginning with the rise of Hitler before it was too late. I had never realized how difficult it was for Jews to leave Germany during that time, and how many
This is an eye-opening and heartbreaking book.
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obstacles the US put in their way, severely limiting the number of visas and making even those few visas extremely difficult to obtain. After the US entered the war in 1941, it became even more difficult to obtain a visa, since the Jews in German were viewed as enemy aliens. And I simply had not realized how rampant anti-Semitism was at the time, even in the US.This is an eye-opening and heartbreaking book.
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Awards
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — 2019)
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Status
Available
Call number
ISBN
9781524733193