The last ships from Hamburg : business, rivalry, and the race to save Russia's Jews on the eve of World War I / Steven Ujifusa.
"The story of the mass exodus of Jews out of Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century and the titans of industry who made it possible"--
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| Other title: | Business, rivalry, and the race to save Russia's Jews on the eve of World War I |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. The Jew boy of Morris & Co. ; Convert, emigrate, or disappear ; Schiff, the immigrant success story ; Albert Ballin takes over HAPAG ; Immigrants and "Asia's fearful scourge" ; The aristocrats mobilize
- Part II. A banker's charity ; Morganizing the Atlantic ; The Kaiser's Jews ; Morgan's big offer
- Part III. The Weinsteins: One journey of many ; The most infamous pogrom ; Gaming the Russo-Japanese war ; Making peace with the Aid Society ; Revolution and rebuilding ; Revolution and rebuilding ; Immigration restriction goes mainstream ; Halting the march to armageddon
- Part IV. Betraying the Morgan Trust ; The martyrs of the Titanic ; My field is the world ; A life's work ruined ; He who saves one life, saves the world entire
- Epilogue: Kaddish for those left behind.