Title The Lisbon route : entry and escape in Nazi Europe / Ronald Weber.

Publication Info.	Lanham : Ivan R. Dee, [2011]
	©2011

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Summary	The Lisbon Route tells of the extraordinary World War II transformation of Portugal's tranquil port city into the great escape hatch of Nazi Europe. Royalty, celebrities, diplomats, fleeing troops, and ordinary citizens desperately slogged their wayacross France and Spain to reach the neutral nation. Here the exiles found peace and plenty, though they often faced excruciating delays and uncertainties before they could book passage on ships or planes to their final destinations. As well as offeringfreedom from war, Lisbon provided spies, smugglers, relief workers, military figures, and ...
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Hub of the Western universe -- Tramping forward -- Whatever we can -- The last lap -- Gaiety, plenty, and brilliant lights -- Living there -- Celebrité de passage -- Holding out hopes -- Gloriously neutral -- War without guns -- The seething cauldron -- One world to another -- Wolfram by day -- Where to spend one's holiday.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Portugal -- Lisbon.
	Exiles -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 20th century.
	Immigrants -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 20th century.
	Escapes -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 20th century.
	Neutrality -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- History -- 20th century.
	Lisbon (Portugal) -- History -- 20th century.
	Lisbon (Portugal) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Lisbon (Portugal) -- Biography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Portugal -- Lisbon.
	HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
	Escapes. (OCoLC)fst00915129
	Exiles. (OCoLC)fst00918139
	Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Neutrality. (OCoLC)fst01036590
	Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01354981
	Portugal -- Lisbon. (OCoLC)fst01205313
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Weber, Ronald, 1934- Lisbon route. Lanham : Ivan R. Dee, ©2011 9781566638760 (DLC) 2010047524 (OCoLC)681502178
ISBN	9781566638920 (electronic bk.)
	1566638925 (electronic bk.)

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