Author: Sarah A. Ogilvie
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299219836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In May of 1939 the Cuban government turned away the Hamburg-America Line’s MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 hopeful Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany. The passengers subsequently sought safe haven in the United States, but were rejected once again, and the St. Louis had to embark on an uncertain return voyage to Europe. Finally, the St. Louis passengers found refuge in four western European countries, but only the 288 passengers sent to England evaded the Nazi grip that closed upon continental Europe a year later. Over the years, the fateful voyage of the St. Louis has come to symbolize U.S. indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of World War II. Although the episode of the St. Louis is well known, the actual fates of the passengers, once they disembarked, slipped into historical obscurity. Prompted by a former passenger’s curiosity, Sarah Ogilvie and Scott Miller of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum set out in 1996 to discover what happened to each of the 937 passengers. Their investigation, spanning nine years and half the globe, took them to unexpected places and produced surprising results. Refuge Denied chronicles the unraveling of the mystery, from Los Angeles to Havana and from New York to Jerusalem. Some of the most memorable stories include the fate of a young toolmaker who survived initial selection at Auschwitz because his glasses had gone flying moments before and a Jewish child whose apprenticeship with a baker in wartime France later translated into the establishment of a successful business in the United States. Unfolding like a compelling detective thriller, Refuge Denied is a must-read for anyone interested in the Holocaust and its impact on the lives of ordinary people.
Refuge Denied
Author: Sarah A. Ogilvie
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299219836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In May of 1939 the Cuban government turned away the Hamburg-America Line’s MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 hopeful Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany. The passengers subsequently sought safe haven in the United States, but were rejected once again, and the St. Louis had to embark on an uncertain return voyage to Europe. Finally, the St. Louis passengers found refuge in four western European countries, but only the 288 passengers sent to England evaded the Nazi grip that closed upon continental Europe a year later. Over the years, the fateful voyage of the St. Louis has come to symbolize U.S. indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of World War II. Although the episode of the St. Louis is well known, the actual fates of the passengers, once they disembarked, slipped into historical obscurity. Prompted by a former passenger’s curiosity, Sarah Ogilvie and Scott Miller of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum set out in 1996 to discover what happened to each of the 937 passengers. Their investigation, spanning nine years and half the globe, took them to unexpected places and produced surprising results. Refuge Denied chronicles the unraveling of the mystery, from Los Angeles to Havana and from New York to Jerusalem. Some of the most memorable stories include the fate of a young toolmaker who survived initial selection at Auschwitz because his glasses had gone flying moments before and a Jewish child whose apprenticeship with a baker in wartime France later translated into the establishment of a successful business in the United States. Unfolding like a compelling detective thriller, Refuge Denied is a must-read for anyone interested in the Holocaust and its impact on the lives of ordinary people.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299219836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In May of 1939 the Cuban government turned away the Hamburg-America Line’s MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 hopeful Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany. The passengers subsequently sought safe haven in the United States, but were rejected once again, and the St. Louis had to embark on an uncertain return voyage to Europe. Finally, the St. Louis passengers found refuge in four western European countries, but only the 288 passengers sent to England evaded the Nazi grip that closed upon continental Europe a year later. Over the years, the fateful voyage of the St. Louis has come to symbolize U.S. indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of World War II. Although the episode of the St. Louis is well known, the actual fates of the passengers, once they disembarked, slipped into historical obscurity. Prompted by a former passenger’s curiosity, Sarah Ogilvie and Scott Miller of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum set out in 1996 to discover what happened to each of the 937 passengers. Their investigation, spanning nine years and half the globe, took them to unexpected places and produced surprising results. Refuge Denied chronicles the unraveling of the mystery, from Los Angeles to Havana and from New York to Jerusalem. Some of the most memorable stories include the fate of a young toolmaker who survived initial selection at Auschwitz because his glasses had gone flying moments before and a Jewish child whose apprenticeship with a baker in wartime France later translated into the establishment of a successful business in the United States. Unfolding like a compelling detective thriller, Refuge Denied is a must-read for anyone interested in the Holocaust and its impact on the lives of ordinary people.
Refuge
Author: Terry Tempest Williams
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679740244
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679740244
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.
Refuge
Author: Dina Nayeri
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594487057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European transplant, daughter and father know each other only from their visits: four crucial visits over two decades, each in a different international city. The longer they are apart, the more their lives diverge, but also the more each comes to need the other's wisdom and, ultimately, rescue"--Amazon.com.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594487057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European transplant, daughter and father know each other only from their visits: four crucial visits over two decades, each in a different international city. The longer they are apart, the more their lives diverge, but also the more each comes to need the other's wisdom and, ultimately, rescue"--Amazon.com.
Denied, Detained, Deported
Author: Ann Bausum
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426336586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
[This] book examines the history of American immigration--a critical topic in 21st century America--particularly those lesser-known stories of immigrants who were denied entrance into the States or detained for security reasons.
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 1426336586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
[This] book examines the history of American immigration--a critical topic in 21st century America--particularly those lesser-known stories of immigrants who were denied entrance into the States or detained for security reasons.
The City of Refuge [New and Expanded Edition]
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826218121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"Harlem Renaissance tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to Harlem, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This version is expanded to include seven previously unpublished stories"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826218121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"Harlem Renaissance tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to Harlem, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This version is expanded to include seven previously unpublished stories"--Provided by publisher.
Lengends And Lyrics
Author: Adelaide A. Procter
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Languages : en
Pages : 342
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The New York Supplement
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
"Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies)
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
"Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies)
Women Writers
Author: Catherine Jane Hamilton
Publisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle
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Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Women Writers: Their Works and Ways: Mrs. Hemans (1793-1835) Mrs. Jameson (1794-1860) Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Mrs. Maclean) (1802-1838) Honourable Mrs. Norton (Lady Stirling-Maxwell) (1808-1877) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861) Mrs. Gaskell (1810-1865) Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) George Eliot (Mary Anne Cross) (1819-1880) Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Author: Catherine Jane Hamilton
Publisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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