Escaping Hitler

A Jewish Haven in Chile

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust
Cover of the book Escaping Hitler by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman, University of Alabama Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Eva Goldschmidt Wyman ISBN: 9780817386788
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: August 5, 2013
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
ISBN: 9780817386788
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: August 5, 2013
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

Escaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family’s escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930s and 1940s, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country’s major institutions.

 

Based primarily oninterviewswith German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimateaccount of Jews in Germany in the 1930s as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her father was principal of the Jewish school, his imprisonment in Dachau, and his release and immigration to Great Britain. Escaping Hitler details the family’s escape from Germany and subsequent life in Chile, providing an intimate look at daily life on the steam ship Conte Grande during the voyage from Italy to Chile in 1939, Nazi espionage and anti-Semitic activity in Chile, and the Nazi influence in South America in general.

 

Recounted in an intimate and personal style, Escaping Hitler immerses the reader in an extraordinary chapter of contemporary Jewish history both inside Germany and South America.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Escaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family’s escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930s and 1940s, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country’s major institutions.

 

Based primarily oninterviewswith German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimateaccount of Jews in Germany in the 1930s as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her father was principal of the Jewish school, his imprisonment in Dachau, and his release and immigration to Great Britain. Escaping Hitler details the family’s escape from Germany and subsequent life in Chile, providing an intimate look at daily life on the steam ship Conte Grande during the voyage from Italy to Chile in 1939, Nazi espionage and anti-Semitic activity in Chile, and the Nazi influence in South America in general.

 

Recounted in an intimate and personal style, Escaping Hitler immerses the reader in an extraordinary chapter of contemporary Jewish history both inside Germany and South America.

More books from University of Alabama Press

Cover of the book Cuarto oscuro by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Her Contemporaries by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Thirteen Georgia Ghosts and Jeffrey by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book From Civil War to Civil Rights, Alabama 1860–1960 by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Secrecy and Insurgency by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Foraging in the Tennessee River Valley by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Points of Honor by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Service as Mandate by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book A Field on Fire by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book John Archibald Campbell by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Canons by Consensus by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book The Cana Sanctuary by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book The Quiet Voices by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book The Packhorseman by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
Cover of the book Cultures of Doing Good by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy