When the World Closed Its Doors
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“Leaving abstractions and historical generalizations for others, this memoir of one couple's escape from the Nazis' clutches reminds us of concrete factors that saved Jews in Hitler's Europe: ingenuity and determination; getting to the right place at the right time ; receiving help at strategic moments; but most of all, sheer good luck.”
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—Michael R. Marrus, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto
"[A] memoir of one couple's escape from the Nazis ...[full of] ingenuity and determination." Michael R. Marrus, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto At the beginning of World War II, the US and other countries erected a "paper wall"-- a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a small number of Jewish refugees from emigrating from Nazi-Occupied Europe. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 200
- ISBN
- 9781594512537
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 25 x 18 cm
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“Leaving abstractions and historical generalizations for others, this memoir of one couple's escape from the Nazis' clutches reminds us of concrete factors that saved Jews in Hitler's Europe: ingenuity and determination; getting to the right place at the right time ; receiving help at strategic moments; but most of all, sheer good luck.”
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—Michael R. Marrus, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto