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The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between Cover Image Book Book

The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / by Michael Dobbs.

Dobbs, Michael, 1950- (author.). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, (issuing body.).

Summary:

"Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, interviews, and visa records, Michael Dobbs provides an illuminating account of America’s response to the refugee crisis of the 1930s and 1940s. He describes the deportation of German Jews to France in October 1940, along with their continuing quest for American visas. And he re-creates the heated debates among U.S. officials over whether or not to admit refugees amid growing concerns about “fifth columnists,” at a time when the American public was deeply isolationist, xenophobic, and antisemitic."-- Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524733193 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical tables ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum."--Title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue.
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