
Flight from the Reich by Debórah Dwork and Robert Jan Van Pelt
by Christina
Nonfiction — print. W.W. Norton, 2009. 496 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. Subtitled “Refugee Jews, 1933 – 1946”, this work attempts to answer the persistent question asked by those studying and learning about the Holocaust: Why didn’t more Jews flee Nazi Europe? Those able to flee were largely children and young adults “recused” because of their age and/or ability to assimilate into a new culture. For millions of other Jews — young and old — their options were severely limited. The […]
Categories: 2012 Reads, Chunkster, Europe, Genocide, Germany, Holocaust, Nonfiction • Tags: Debórah Dwork, Robert Jan Van Pelt