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German Jews and migration to the United States, 1933-1945 / edited by Andrea Sinn, Andreas Heusler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Lexington studies in modern Jewish history, historiography, and memory.
- Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exiles--Germany--Munich--History--20th century.
- Exiles.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish refugees--Germany--Munich--Biography.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Munich--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Germany--Munich--Biography.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Germany.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Germany--Munich.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlix, 253 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This collection of mostly unpublished first-person accounts documents the flight and exile of German Jews from Nazi Germany to the USA. The thematic and biographical introductions by the editors, clear geographic framework, and well-defined time frame make this volume helpful to those new to the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents Introduction: From Hitler's Munich to American Exile Andrea Sinn and Andreas Heusler Part I: Heimat - Jewish Life in Germany and Nazi Persecution Chapter 1: Munich, 1933-1938 Ernest B. Hofeller Chapter 2: The Munich Years Erich Hartmann Chapter 3: A Student's Fate, 1933-1945 Christine Roth-Schurtman Chapter 4: The Jaws of the Swastika Tighten Fred Bissinger Chapter 5: An Emotional Handicap Hugo Holzmann Chapter 6: A Jewish Childhood in Nazi Germany Pesach Schindler Chapter 7: "... What One Leaves Behind" Schwager Family Letters Chapter 8: "I'm Alive: It's a Miracle!" Blechner Family Letters Part II: Exile - Emigration and New Beginnings Abroad Chapter 9: My New Life in the U.S. Inge Moss Chapter 10: Tossed by the Wind: A Proud Journey from 1920 to 1994 Ilse E. Scholle Chapter 11: Tossed by the Storms of History: Experiences of a Survivor Charlotte Haas Schueller Chapter 12: Memories Hanns Peter Merzbacher Chapter 13: A Family History Lotte Bamberger Chapter 14: The Lost Home Charlotte Stein-Pick Chapter 15: The Tragedy of Emigration Koppel Family Letters Chapter 16: "Wanderer Between Two Worlds" Hans Lamm
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66698-888-X
- 1-7936-4601-5
- OCLC:
- 1293450331
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