German Jews and Migration to the United States, 19331945

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Andrea A. Sinn and Andreas Heusler - Contributions by Andrea A. Sinn; Andreas Heusler; Ernest B. Hofeller; Erich Hartmann; Christine Roth-Schurtman; Fred Bissinger; Hugo Holzmann; Pesach Schindler; Leopold Schwager; Leo Apple; Emilia Holub; Erwi Klappentext This collection of mostly unpublished first-person accounts documents the flight and exile of German Jews from Nazi Germany to the USA.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. Zusammenfassung This collection of mostly unpublished first-person accounts documents the flight and exile of German Jews from Nazi Germany to the USA.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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Introduction: From Hitler¿s Munich to American Exile Andrea Sinn and Andreas Heusler Part I: Heimat ¿ Jewish Life in Germany and Nazi Persecution Chapter 1: Munich, 1933¿1938 Ernest B. Hofeller Chapter 2: The Munich Years Erich Hartmann Chapter 3: A Student¿s Fate, 1933¿1945 Christine Roth-Schurtman Chapter 4: The Jaws of the Swastika Tighten Fred Bissinger Chapter 5: An Emotional Handicap Hugo Holzmann Chapter 6: A Jewish Childhood in Nazi Germany Pesach Schindler Chapter 7: ¿¿ What One Leaves Behind¿ Schwager Family Letters Chapter 8: ¿I¿m Alive: It¿s a Miracle!¿ Blechner Family Letters Part II: Exile ¿ Emigration and New Beginnings Abroad Chapter 9: My New Life in the U.S. Inge Moss Chapter 10: Tossed by the Wind: A Proud Journey from 1920 to 1994 Ilse E. Scholle Chapter 11: Tossed by the Storms of History: Experiences of a Survivor Charlotte Haas Schueller Chapter 12: Memories Hanns Peter Merzbacher Chapter 13: A Family History Lotte Bamberger Chapter 14: The Lost Home Charlotte Stein-Pick Chapter 15: The Tragedy of Emigration Koppel Family Letters Chapter 16: ¿Wanderer Between Two Worlds¿ Hans Lamm ...

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• Authors: Andrea a Heusler Sinn, Andrea A. Heusler Sinn
• Assisted by: Sinn Andrea A. Sinn (Editor), Heusler Andreas Heusler (Editor), Andreas Heusler (Editor), Andrea A. Sinn (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793646026
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-602-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory; Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography,
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / German, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, Relating to Jewish people & groups, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Social groups: religious groups & communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust