Hitler's Jewish refugees : hope and anxiety in Portugal /
An award-winning historian presents an emotional history of Jewish refugees biding their time in Portugal as they attempt to escape Nazi Europe. This riveting book describes the experience of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler to live in limbo in Portugal until they could reach safer havens abroad....
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Published: |
Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
Publication Dates: | [2020] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
An award-winning historian presents an emotional history of Jewish refugees biding their time in Portugal as they attempt to escape Nazi Europe. This riveting book describes the experience of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler to live in limbo in Portugal until they could reach safer havens abroad. Drawing attention not only to the social and physical upheavals of refugee life, Kaplan highlights their feelings as they fled their homes and histories while begging strangers for kindness. An emotional history of fleeing, this book probes how specific locations touched refugees' inner lives, in |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 356 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780300244250 0300244258 |
Index Number: | D659 |
CLC: |
K552.51 K152 |
Call Number: | K152/K174 |