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The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Relations with Jews.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Political and social views.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews, European--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Jews, European.
- Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Political and social views.
- Relations with Jews.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--20th century.
- United States.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- A Borzoi book.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Holocaust, Winner, 2019
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dobbs, Michael, 1950- Unwanted.
- ISBN:
- 9781524733193
- 1524733199
- OCLC:
- 1038034269
- Publisher Number:
- 40029041477
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