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

2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.
Title:	The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Description:	xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Jews. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews, European -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- 20th century.
Notes:	"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.
Contents:	Foreword by Sara Bloomfield -- 1. November 1938 -- 2. Visa lines -- 3. FDR -- 4. Kippenheim -- 5. Flight -- 6. "Save our souls" -- 7. Fifth column -- 8. Gurs -- 9. Marseille-Martinique -- 10. Les milles -- 11. "Enemy aliens" -- 12. "To the East" -- 13. Epilogue: Memory.
LCCN:	2018024784
ISBN:	9781524733193
Other Number:	1038034269
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	788593
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Call Number:	940.531 Dobbs

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