Alex's wake : a voyage of betrayal and a journey of remembrance
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Published
Boston, MA : Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Status
Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION
940.53 GOL
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940.53 GOL
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LC Subjects
Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Goldschmidt, Alex, -- 1879-1942.
Goldschmidt, Klaus Helmut, -- 1921-1942.
Jewish refugees -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews
Jews -- Germany -- Biography.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
St. Louis (Ship)
Goldschmidt, Alex, -- 1879-1942.
Goldschmidt, Klaus Helmut, -- 1921-1942.
Jewish refugees -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews
Jews -- Germany -- Biography.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
St. Louis (Ship)
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Published
Boston, MA : Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index.
Description
On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner SS St. Louis sailed away from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Havana, Cuba. On board were more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany. After being denied landing rights in Havana, the refugees were turned away by the United States and Canada and forced to sail back to Europe, where the gathering storm of the Holocaust awaited them. Two of those refugees were Alex Goldschmidt, a sixty-year-old veteran of World War I, and his seventeen-year-old son Klaus Helmut Goldschmidt. After their trans-Atlantic voyage, they landed in France. They would spend the next three years in one French camp after another before being shipped to Auschwitz in 1942. Sixty-nine years later, Martin Goldsmith, Alex's grandson and Helmut's nephew, retraced their sad journey. The book offers a compelling history of the voyage of the St. Louis, including testimony from those on board, a tale of espionage, and the brave resolve of Captain Gustav Schroeder. It also offers a harrowing chronicle of the vast network of camps in France, many of which were organized by the French themselves with little or no encouragement from the Germans.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goldsmith, M. (2014). Alex's wake: a voyage of betrayal and a journey of remembrance (First Da Capo Press edition.). Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldsmith, Martin, 1952-. 2014. Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance. Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldsmith, Martin, 1952-. Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goldsmith, Martin. Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance First Da Capo Press edition., Da CapoPress, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
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