| Description |
1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Judaic studies series
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Judaic studies series.
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| Summary |
Escaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family's escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930s and 1940s, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country's major institutions. Based primarily oninterviewswith German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimateaccount of Jews in Germany in the 1930s as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her father was principal of the Jewish school, his imprisonment in Dachau, and his release and immigration to Great Britain. Escaping Hitler details the family's escape from Germany and subsequent life in Chile, providing an intimate look at daily life on the steam ship Conte Grande during the voyage from Italy to Chile in 1939, Nazi espionage and anti-Semitic activity in Chile, and the Nazi influence in South America in general. Recounted in an intimate and personal style, Escaping Hitler immerses the reader in an extraordinary chapter of contemporary Jewish history both inside Germany and South America. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Germany We Left -- Kristallnacht Ignites a Desperation to Flee -- The Ethnic Germans in Chile -- Crossing Dangerous Seas: The Last Trip of the Copiago -- Chile's Political and Economic Systems under Stress: A "Naci" Party and the Jewish Immigration -- "No Visas" Signs on Embassy Doors: The German Jewish Emigration to Chile -- A Second Emigration: From Chile to Israel -- Chilean Responses to the German Jewish Immigration -- German Jewish Immigrants Tell Their Stories. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva.
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Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva. |
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Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva. |
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Jews, German -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews, German. |
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Chile. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Jewish refugees -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.
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Jewish refugees. |
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Jewish refugees -- Chile -- Biography.
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews -- Persecutions. |
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Germany. |
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Chile -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Chile -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Huyendo del infierno nazi. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013007800
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldschmidt Wyman, Eva. Huyendo del infierno nazi. English. Escaping Hitler. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2013] 9780817318000 (DLC) 2013005900 (OCoLC)825181648 |
| ISBN |
9780817386788 (ebook) |
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0817386785 (ebook) |
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9780817318000 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817318003 (trade cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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