Hitler's Jewish refugees : hope and anxiety in Portgual / Marion Kaplan.

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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Main Author: Kaplan, Marion A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2020.
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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.