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Author Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.

Title The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 DOB    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  940.5318 DOB    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  940.5318 DOBBS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Note A Borzoi book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
Summary "The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler. Official tie-in to the U.S. Holocaust Museum multi-year exhibit"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Foreword by Sara Bloomfield -- 1. November 1938 -- 2. Visa lines -- 3. FDR -- 4. Kippenheim -- 5. Flight -- 6. "Save our souls" -- 7. Fifth column -- 8. Gurs -- 9. Marseille-Martinique -- 10. Les milles -- 11. "Enemy aliens" -- 12. "To the East" -- 13. Epilogue: Memory.
Subject Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Relations with Jews.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. (OCoLC)fst00032031
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) (OCoLC)fst01710189
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews, European -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00908700
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
Relations with Jews. (OCoLC)fst01354281
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
HISTORY / Holocaust.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
ISBN 9781524733193 (hardcover)
1524733199 (hardcover)
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