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Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany
Walter Laqueur
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Description for Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany
Paperback. Walter Laqueur has drawn on interviews, memoirs and his own experiences to present a generational history of the young people who were forced to flee their homelands in the decade following Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
This text is a generational history of the young people whose lives were irrevocably shaped by the rise of the Nazis. Half a million Jews lived in Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Over the next decade, thousands would flee. Among these refugees, teens and young adults formed a remarkable generation. They were old enough to appreciate the loss of their homeland and the experience of flight, but often young and flexible enough to survive and even flourish in new environments. This generation has produced such disparate figures as Henry Kissinger and "Dr Ruth" Westheimer. Walter Laqueur has ... Read more
This text is a generational history of the young people whose lives were irrevocably shaped by the rise of the Nazis. Half a million Jews lived in Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Over the next decade, thousands would flee. Among these refugees, teens and young adults formed a remarkable generation. They were old enough to appreciate the loss of their homeland and the experience of flight, but often young and flexible enough to survive and even flourish in new environments. This generation has produced such disparate figures as Henry Kissinger and "Dr Ruth" Westheimer. Walter Laqueur has ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860648854
SKU
V9781860648854
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About Walter Laqueur
Walter Laqueur chairs the Research Council of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. He is founder of the Journal of Contemporary History and has been its editor since 1966. He is editor-in chief of the Yale Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. From 1965 to 1992 he served as the director of the Warner Library and Institute of ... Read more
Reviews for Generation Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany
"Laqueur draws on dozens of published and unpublished memoirs...the detail is always vivid and well chosen, sometimes very moving... no one could read this book without increased admiration for 'generation exodus'." -Matthew Reisz, Jewish Chronicle