Escaping Hitler : a Jewish haven in Chile / Eva Goldschmidt Wyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva.

Series:

Judaic Studies Series

Judaic studies series

Standardized Title:

Huyendo del infierno nazi. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews, German--Chile--History--20th century.

Jews, German.

Jewish refugees--Chile--History--20th century.

Jewish refugees.

Jewish refugees--Chile--Biography.

Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.

Jews.

Chile--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Chile.

Chile--Ethnic relations.

Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Escaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family's escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930's and 1940's, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country's major institutions. Based primarily on interviews with German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimate account of Jews in Germany in the 1930's as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her father

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Germany We Left; 2. Kristallnacht Ignites a Desperation to Flee; 3. The Ethnic Germans in Chile; 4. Crossing Dangerous Seas: The Last Trip of the Copiapó; 5. Chile's Political and Economic Systems under Stress: A "Naci" Party and the Jewish Immigration; 6. "No Visas" Signs on Embassy Doors: The German Jewish Emigration to Chile; 7. A Second Emigration: From Chile to Israel; 8. Chilean Responses to the German Jewish Immigration; 9. German Jewish Immigrants Tell Their Stories; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8678-5

OCLC:

854520860