| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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. Drawing attention not only to the social and physical upheavals of refugee life, Kaplan highlights their feelings as they fled their homes and histories while begging strangers for kindness. An emotional history of fleeing, this book probes how specific locations touched refugees' inner lives, including the borders they nervously crossed or the overcrowded transatlantic ships that signaled their liberation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-345) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish refugees -- Portugal
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Jews -- Portugal -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Jews -- Portugal -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Portugal
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Portugal
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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HISTORY -- Holocaust.
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Jewish refugees
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Jews
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Jews -- Social conditions
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Refugees
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Portugal
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300249507 |
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0300249500 |
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