Queen City Refuge: An Oral History of Cincinnati's Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany

ISBN-10: 0874414865
ISBN-13: 9780874414868
Category: Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
Pages: 270
Language: English
Published: 1989
Publisher: Behrman House
Authors: Abraham J. Peck, Uri D. Herscher

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Describes the reception of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and Austria by members of Cincinnati's German-Jewish community. Includes interviews with refugees who arrived during the 1930s and after 1945, their children, representatives of communal agencies, and individuals who assisted them, which were carried out in 1980-81 in a joint oral history project by the National Council of Jewish Women and the American Jewish Archives of Hebrew Union College. They also relate their experiences in Nazi Germany and various other countries during the war.

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