Once they had a country [[electronic resource] ] : two teenage refugees in the Second World War / / Muriel R. Gillick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788354803321
• Autore: Gillick Muriel R. <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8173-8399-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/180922; B
• Soggetti: Jewish children - Germany; Jewish refugees - Germany; World War, 1939-1945 - Jews
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Becoming refugees -- The alarm sounds -- From burger to beggar -- Refugees in the free zone -- Lord of the flies in reverse -- "The lifeboat is full" -- What they were running from -- Transmigrants -- Refuge in Shanghai -- Post-traumatic stress -- Brazilian detour -- "Give me your tired, your poor".
• Sommario/riassunto: Muriel Gillick draws from a remarkable set of primary source materials, including letters, telegrams, and police records to relate the story of two teenage refugees during World War II. Once They Had a Country conveys well what it was like to establish a new life in a foreign country-over and over again and in constant fear for one's life. The work tells of the extraordinary experiences of the author's parents in Europe and demonstrates how citizens and the governments of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Brazil, America, China, and postwar Germany treated refugees. This sto