Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xlix, 253 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781793646019
Series Statement:
Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
Content:
This collection of mostly unpublished first-person accounts documents the flight and exile of German Jews from Nazi Germany to the USA.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.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- About the Book -- Notes -- Part I: Heimat-Jewish Life in Germany and Nazi Persecution -- Chapter 1: Munich, 1933-1938 -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Munich Years -- Notes -- Chapter 3: A Student's Fate, 1933-1945 -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Jaws of the Swastika Tighten -- Notes -- Chapter 5: An Emotional Handicap -- Notes -- Chapter 6: A Jewish Child Growing Up in Nazi Germany -- Growing up in Munich -- My father's escape: Spring 1938 -- Kristal[l]nacht: November 1938, Munich -- My Mother's Decision -- Our escape -- Arrival in the United States -- In Retrospect -- Notes -- Chapter 7: ". . . What One Leaves Behind": Schwager Family Letters -- Notes -- Chapter 8: "I'm Alive: It's a Miracle!" -- Notes -- Part II: Exile-Emigration and New Beginnings Abroad -- Chapter 9: My New Life in the United States -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Tossed by the Wind: A Proud Journey from 1920 to 1994 -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Tossed by the Storms of History: Experiences of a Survivor -- War, Again -- Part II-The New World -- Arrival -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Memories -- Arrival and Stay in Rio -- Through Night, Through Forest to the Land of Red Earth -- In Rolandia -- On the Way to the New Place to Stay -- Deus Ex Machina -- Back to Life in the City -- The Fate of My Parents -- First Work in the City -- Brazil at War -- Leisure-time Activities -- Ending in Brazil -- Arrival and Entry into America -- Reunion and First Days in New York -- Notes -- Chapter 13: A Family History: For My Children and Grandchildren -- Our Finances and Opening the Stores, 1941 and Later -- V. OUR LIVES AS AMERICANS -- Los Angeles, 1941-1951 -- Negotiations with Mr. Hirmer, etc., 1950, 1951, and After -- Notes -- Chapter 14: The Lost Home.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793646002
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe German Jews and migration to the United States, 1933-1945 Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022 ISBN 9781793646002
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793646026
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Nationalsozialismus
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Juden
;
Auswanderung
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USA
;
Geschichte 1933-1945
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USA
;
Deutscher Einwanderer
;
Juden
;
Flüchtling
;
Geschichte 1933-1945
Author information:
Sinn, Andrea 199X-
Author information:
Heusler, Andreas 1960-
