03150nam 2200649 a 450 991046354140332120200520144314.00-8173-8678-5(CKB)3170000000060498(EBL)1318819(SSID)ssj0000953664(PQKBManifestationID)11564673(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953664(PQKBWorkID)10937064(PQKB)10536756(MiAaPQ)EBC1318819(OCoLC)854520860(MdBmJHUP)muse25339(Au-PeEL)EBL1318819(CaPaEBR)ebr10745087(EXLCZ)99317000000006049820130213d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEscaping Hitler[electronic resource] a Jewish haven in Chile /Eva Goldschmidt WymanTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press20131 online resource (232 p.)Judaic studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1800-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Germany We Left; 2. Kristallnacht Ignites a Desperation to Flee; 3. The Ethnic Germans in Chile; 4. Crossing Dangerous Seas: The Last Trip of the Copiapó; 5. Chile's Political and Economic Systems under Stress: A "Naci" Party and the Jewish Immigration; 6. "No Visas" Signs on Embassy Doors: The German Jewish Emigration to Chile; 7. A Second Emigration: From Chile to Israel; 8. Chilean Responses to the German Jewish Immigration; 9. German Jewish Immigrants Tell Their Stories; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexEscaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family's escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930's and 1940's, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country's major institutions. Based primarily on interviews with German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimate account of Jews in Germany in the 1930's as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her fatherJudaic Studies SeriesJews, GermanChileHistory20th centuryJewish refugeesChileHistory20th centuryJewish refugeesChileBiographyJewsPersecutionsGermanyHistory20th centuryChileEmigration and immigrationHistory20th centuryChileEthnic relationsElectronic books.Jews, GermanHistoryJewish refugeesHistoryJewish refugeesJewsPersecutionsHistory305.800983Goldschmidt Wyman Eva1054775MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463541403321Escaping Hitler2487675UNINA