And The World Closed Its Doors

Author : David Clay Large
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786748600

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And The World Closed Its Doors by David Clay Large Pdf

In this masterpiece of Holocaust literature, David Clay Large tells the wrenching story of Max Schohl, a German Jew who, in the midst of the Second World War, could not find a government that would allow his family to immigrate, despite wealth, education, and business and family connections. After repeated but fruitless efforts to gain entry first to the United States and then to Britain, Chile, and Brazil, Max died in Auschwitz and his wife and daughters were sent to hard labor in Wiesbaden. Much has been written about the West's unwillingness to attempt the rescue of tens of thousands of European Jews from the hands of the Nazis; now David Clay Large gives a human face to this tragedy of bureaucratic inertia and ill will. The youngest daughter of the Schohl family, today a seventy-four-year-old widow living in Charleston, South Carolina, has opened her family's records to Large: a unique collection of family letters and other documents chronicling the experiences of the Schohls and those who tried to bring them to England and America. From these papers Large has fashioned a gripping and intimate narrative of one family's efforts to escape the Holocaust in Europe and the inadequate response from abroad.

Author : Ida Piller-Greenspan,Susan M. Branting
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317249177

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When the World Closed Its Doors by Ida Piller-Greenspan,Susan M. Branting Pdf

"[A] memoir of one couple's escape from the Nazis ...[full of] ingenuity and determination." Michael R. Marrus, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto At the beginning of World War II, the US and other countries erected a "paper wall"-- a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a small number of Jewish refugees from emigrating from Nazi-Occupied Europe.When the World Closed Its Doors tells the true story of a young couple who, like many European Jews, were caught between the Nazis and the "paper wall". Ida Piller-Greenspan was married in Belgium on May 9, 1940. That night the Nazis invaded Belgium. She and her new husband survived the next four months hitchhiking through occupied territory, hiding in barns and tunnels, dodging bombs near Dunkirk, crossing the Pyrenees on foot, and enduring weeks with little food and no money. Ultimately they arrived in Portugal, certain they would find sanctuary somewhere in the world beyond Europe's borders. But their trials were not over. It took nine anxious months for them to find a country that would let them in -- months spent watching in horror as most refugees were forced back to uncertain lives in their home countries. Forty years later, Ida, an accomplished artist, created a pictorial diary of their journey. Her prints -- lyrical, haunting, and compelling -- are accompanied by a page-turning narrative that bears witness to this treacherous and largely forgotten chapter of World War II history.

Author : David Clay Large
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Flörsheim (Germany)
ISBN : OCLC:1193358492

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And the World Closed Its Doors by David Clay Large Pdf

Author : Maria Messina
Publisher : Feminist Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123377629

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Behind Closed Doors by Maria Messina Pdf

Stories of Sicily, immigration, and the lives of Sicilian women in the early 20th century.

Author : Sir Montagu de Pomeroy Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Currency question
ISBN : HARVARD:HNTU27

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The Great Power by Sir Montagu de Pomeroy Webb Pdf

Author : Heinrich Graetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Jews
ISBN : UCAL:B3007841

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History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz Pdf

Author : Heinrich Graetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Jews
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5LLN

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History of the Jews: contains a complete index to the five volumes by Heinrich Graetz Pdf

Author : David Fromkin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307766069

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In The Time Of The Americans by David Fromkin Pdf

Coming of age during World War I and attaining their finest hour in World War II and the Cold War, these men -- FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur -- transformed America from an isolated frontier nation into a global superpower. As he tells their stories, Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace, shows how this generation not only made America great but largely succeeded in making it a force for good.

Author : Kameel Ahmady ,کامیل احمدی
Publisher : Avaye Buf
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788794295314

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From Border to Border by Kameel Ahmady ,کامیل احمدی Pdf

My Kurdish background has sparked an interest in the study of identity and ethnicity that has always been present in me. My childhood experiences have been affected by various ethnic stories, narratives and wartime memories. I was born and raised in an area close to the Iraqi border and not far from the Turkish border. This border position might have helped me to reach a more vivid picture and understanding of such concepts as identity and ethnicity. Another reason for my interest in identity and ethnicity is related to the background of my studies in other geographical locations, mostly in Iran and its rural and deprived societies. These studies kept me in close contact with the ethnic groups that settle in underdeveloped and low-income areas, an encounter and a relationship that ultimately helped me to arrive at an understanding of the various dimensions and aspects of the question of ethnicity. The third reason for studying and researching identity and ethnicity is the requirement to distinguish these ethnicities from one another, as well as the flaws and shortcomings that have long existed in centre-oriented policies leading to an unfair distribution of wealth and power among the different geographical regions of a country. Additionally, the importance of peace in the geography and history of Iran, particularly at this pivotal time, further inspired me to conduct a study on identity and ethnicity with a focus on peace. Studies for this research focused more on the elite members of these ethnic groups than on ordinary people. The study makes a concerted effort to answer issues like how these people view themselves and their ethnicities, how they use that understanding to create a sense of otherness and distinction from other identities, and how they see themselves in the current political and social structure of Iranian society, and what they presume about ideas like convergence, political cooperation, mother tongue, as well as the central and peripheral ethnicities.

Author : Laurence Rees
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307389626

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World War II Behind Closed Doors by Laurence Rees Pdf

In this revelatory chronicle of World War II, Laurence Rees documents the dramatic and secret deals that helped make the war possible and prompted some of the most crucial decisions made during the conflict. Drawing on material available only since the opening of archives in Eastern Europe and Russia, as well as amazing new testimony from nearly a hundred separate witnesses from the period—Rees reexamines the key choices made by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt during the war, and presents, in a compelling and fresh way, the reasons why the people of Poland, the Baltic states, and other European countries simply swapped the rule of one tyrant for another. Surprising, incisive, and endlessly intriguing, World War II Behind Closed Doors will change the way we think about the Second World War.

Author : Ida Piller-Greenspan,Susan M. Branting
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317249184

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When the World Closed Its Doors by Ida Piller-Greenspan,Susan M. Branting Pdf

"[A] memoir of one couple's escape from the Nazis ...[full of] ingenuity and determination." Michael R. Marrus, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto At the beginning of World War II, the US and other countries erected a "paper wall"-- a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a small number of Jewish refugees from emigrating from Nazi-Occupied Europe.When the World Closed Its Doors tells the true story of a young couple who, like many European Jews, were caught between the Nazis and the "paper wall". Ida Piller-Greenspan was married in Belgium on May 9, 1940. That night the Nazis invaded Belgium. She and her new husband survived the next four months hitchhiking through occupied territory, hiding in barns and tunnels, dodging bombs near Dunkirk, crossing the Pyrenees on foot, and enduring weeks with little food and no money. Ultimately they arrived in Portugal, certain they would find sanctuary somewhere in the world beyond Europe's borders. But their trials were not over. It took nine anxious months for them to find a country that would let them in -- months spent watching in horror as most refugees were forced back to uncertain lives in their home countries. Forty years later, Ida, an accomplished artist, created a pictorial diary of their journey. Her prints -- lyrical, haunting, and compelling -- are accompanied by a page-turning narrative that bears witness to this treacherous and largely forgotten chapter of World War II history.

Author : Michael E. Lewitt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119183549

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The Committee to Destroy the World by Michael E. Lewitt Pdf

An updated examination of what's weakening the U.S. economy, and how to fix it The Committee to Destroy the World: Inside the Plot to Unleash a Super Crash on the Global Economy is a passionate and informed analysis of the struggling global economy. In this masterfully conceived and executed work, Michael Lewitt, one of Wall Street's most respected market strategists and money managers, updates his groundbreaking examination of the causes of the 2008 crisis and argues that economic and geopolitical conditions are even more unstable today. His analysis arrives in time for the impending economic and geopolitical debates of the 2016 election season. Lewitt explains in detail how debt has now overrun the world's capacity, how federal policies of the past few decades have created a downward vortex sapping growth and vitality from the American economy, and how greed and corruption are preventing reform. The financial crisis created tens of trillions of debt, leaving investors to pay a huge price for these policy failures: The highest asset inflation we've seen in our lifetimes, although the government claims there isn't enough inflation More than $2 trillion of stock buybacks funded with low cost debt that are artificially inflating stock prices The Federal Reserve and other global central banks becoming the largest buyers of government debt in order to suppress interest rates An M&A boom resulting from companies needing to find growth outside of their core businesses While the financial media misses the story, Lewitt pulls no punches explaining how all of these trends are leading to the brink of another crisis. Lewitt lays out a survival plan for the average investor to protect their assets when the debt bubble bursts. The first edition of this book expressed hope that policymakers would not let the financial crisis go to waste. This book urges investors to learn from the crushed hope and take action before the next crisis.

Author : Lisa O'Donnell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448165216

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Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell Pdf

A powerful tale of love, the loss of innocence and the importance of family in difficult times by the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013. ‘There are no strangers in Rothesay, Michael. Everyone knows who you are and always will. It’s a blessing but it’s also a curse.’ Eleven-year-old Michael Murray is the best at two things: keepy-uppies and keeping secrets. His family think he’s too young to hear grown-up stuff, but he listens at doors; it’s the only way to find out anything. And Michael’s heard a secret, one that might explain the bruises on his mother’s face. When the whispers at home and on the street become too loud to ignore, Michael begins to wonder if there is an even bigger secret he doesn’t know about. Scared of what might happen if anyone finds out, and desperate for life to return to normal, Michael sets out to piece together the truth. But he also has to prepare for the upcoming talent show, keep an eye out for Dirty Alice, his arch-nemesis from down the street, and avoid eating Granny’s watery stew. Closed Doors is the startling new novel from the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees. It is a vivid evocation of the fears and freedoms of childhood in the 1980s and a powerful tale of love, the loss of innocence and the importance of family in difficult times.

Author : Martin Andrew
Publisher : House of Hebyzie Publishing, Canada
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798989870417

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The Road to the Manor by Martin Andrew Pdf

A career in the entertainment industry is often colorful but seldom as fulfilling as we are led to believe by the media moguls who glorify the highs and lows of celebrities as they live out their lives in the public eye. Only a tiny percentage of those entering this industry attain the dizzy heights they dream of, and many fall by the wayside without causing a ripple in this vast ocean we call showbiz. Martin Andrew's story tells a tale of one man's journey from a small town in rural England to the bright lights of Las Vegas and beyond. It is not a story of success or failure but rather one of passion, determination and survival as he embarks on The Road to the Manor.

Author : Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker
Publisher : IAP
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641130684

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The Global Education Movement by Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker Pdf

The pages of this book paint a portrait of thirteen scholars and their lifelong professional accomplishments in and contributions to teaching, service, and research in global international education around the world. Their extraordinary work contributed extensively to the development, direction and growth of the global education movement in the United States initiated by James M. Becker as Director of School Services for the Foreign Policy Association, New York City, in the 1960s. These scholars were honored with the Distinguished Global Scholar Award presented by the International Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, the largest professional organization for social studies educators in the United States. Their narratives comprise an intriguing mosaic of backgrounds, scholarship, and contexts from which their extraordinary work blossomed in building bridges—not walls—among peoples and nations. The publication is intended to honor the professional achievements in global international education of these scholars who have devoted their professional lives to creating a better world through their work. More importantly, this book exposes globally-minded individuals, educators, scholars, administrators, and policymakers around the world to empowering role models from Africa, Europe, and the United States and opportunity to learn about the multitude of professional activities, teachings, partnerships, exchange programs and research in which they might engage to promote a deeper understanding about the cultural, geographic, economic, social, and technological interconnectedness of the world and its people---the very purpose of global education.