The unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between / Michael Dobbs.

Author/creator Dobbs, Michael, 1950- author.
Other author United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Copyright Date©2019
Descriptionxiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Relations with Jews.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Political and social views.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews, European--Government policy. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Jews--Persecutions. --Europe. --History. --20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews. --Rescue.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Government policy. --20th century.

Contents Foreword by Sara Bloomfield -- November 1938 -- Visa lines -- FDR -- Kippenheim -- Flight -- Save our souls -- Fifth column -- Gurs -- Marseille-Martinique -- Les milles -- Enemy aliens -- To the East -- Epilogue: Memory.
Abstract "The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler. Official tie-in to the U.S. Holocaust Museum multi-year exhibit"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteA Borzoi book.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Dobbs, Michael, 1950- Unwanted. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] 9781524733209
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018024784
ISBN9781524733193 (hardcover)
ISBN1524733199
Standard identifier# 40029041477