Exit Berlin : how one woman saved her family from Nazi Germany / Charlotte Bonelli ; with translations from the German by Natascha Bodemann.
- Bonelli, Charlotte, 1956-
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
About this work
Description
"This remarkable collection of letters between German Jews trapped in Nazi Germany and their relatives in the United States offers rare insights into the challenges of an average American family responding to desperate requests for refuge and aid"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Physical description
xiii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Part 1. : May 1933-September 1938 -- Berlin beginnings -- From Hecht to Hatch: American relations -- First requests -- Persistence rewarded -- Part 2. : December 1938-August 1939 -- Settling In: a new life in New York -- Looking back home -- Escape to Shanghai -- A widening circle -- Part 3. : September 1939-October 1941 -- Desperate Appeals -- The Shanghai solution -- Rosh Hashana, 1940 -- Deportation to Gurs: ILOT K -- A closing door.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Hatch)Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780300197525
- 0300197527