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Author:

Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Government policy--Government policy--20th century.
Jews--History--Europe--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue.--Rescue.

Other Authors:

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Notes:

A Borzoi book. 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: Remembering.

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.

ISBN:

1524733199
9781524733193

LCCN:

2018024784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)