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Author Bonelli, Charlotte, 1956-

Title Exit Berlin : how one woman saved her family from Nazi Germany / Charlotte Bonelli ; with translations from the German by Natascha Bodemann.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.53 B64    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 BON    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "This remarkable collection of letters between German Jews trapped in Nazi Germany and their relatives in the United States offers rare insights into the challenges of an average American family responding to desperate requests for refuge and aid"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Part 1. : May 1933-September 1938 -- Berlin beginnings -- From Hecht to Hatch: American relations -- First requests -- Persistence rewarded -- Part 2. : December 1938-August 1939 -- Settling In: a new life in New York -- Looking back home -- Escape to Shanghai -- A widening circle -- Part 3. : September 1939-October 1941 -- Desperate Appeals -- The Shanghai solution -- Rosh Hashana, 1940 -- Deportation to Gurs: ILOT K -- A closing door.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Hatch, Luzie -- Family -- Correspondence.
Hatch, Arnold -- Correspondence.
Jews -- Germany -- Correspondence.
Jews -- United States -- Correspondence.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Germany.
Added Author Bodemann, Natascha, translator.
ISBN 9780300197525 (hardback)
0300197527 (hardback)
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