The Escape of Jews from Nazi Germany through Spain, 1940-1944: Tracing the Stages in Their Dangerous Passage
Author: | Feldman, Lawrence H. |
Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 260 |
ISBN: | 1-4955-1023-9 978-1-4955-1023-6 |
Price: | $219.95 |
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This book offers an informative history of specific issues complicating attempts to escape Nazi Germany. "[I]t was understood that the Nazis were specifically targeting Jews. State terror had turned Jews into a convenient political scapegoat, and confiscating Jewish property had become a lucrative business. But in the United States, as elsewhere, anti-Semitism was on the ascent. ...Roosevelt took the position that to increase American "immigration quotas or appropriations of loans from public funds...[would] occasion public dispute." -Lawrence H. Feldman