Hitler's Jewish refugees : hope and anxiety in Portugal /

An award-winning historian presents an emotional history of Jewish refugees biding their time in Portugal as they attempt to escape Nazi Europe. This riveting book describes the experience of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler to live in limbo in Portugal until they could reach safer havens abroad....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaplan, Marion (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Jewish refugees > Portugal.
Jews > Portugal > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jews > Portugal > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Portugal.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Portugal.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Réfugiés juifs > Portugal.
Juifs > Portugal > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Juifs > Portugal.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Réfugiés > Portugal.
Holocauste, 1939-1945.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Jewish refugees
Jews
Jews > Social conditions
Refugees
Portugal
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Escaping terror and terror of escaping : before and after the war turned West
  • The exasperations and consolations of refugee life after 1940 : fear of Portugal's regime and appreciation of its people
  • "Lisbon is sold out" : relief and hope, Nazis and dictatorship
  • Emotional dissonance : adults mourn losses, their children look forward
  • Sites of refuge and angst : consulates and confinements
  • Sharing feelings in letters and in person
  • Final hurdles.

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