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Walter's welcome : the intimate story of a German-Jewish family's flight from the Nazis to Peru / Eva Neisser Echenberg with Judy Sklar Rasminsky

By:

Echenberg, Eva Neisser

Contributor(s):

Rasminsky, Judy Sklar

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub. , 2018Description: 238 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781510724761

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 NEI

Summary: Over 50 family members escaped Nazi Germany. The story is told through the Neisser family letters,with historical contextualization and commentary. Their flight to Peru was not easy. Walter worked to provide the resources and guidance for the family members, but communications to Europe were intermittent and travel from Europe became increasingly impossible. Required coordination to contact correct officials and receive the necessary documentation. The letters reveal the toll these efforts put on them and the challenges of waiting and surviving in a foreign land as they tried to hold together.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 NEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064808

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Over 50 family members escaped Nazi Germany. The story is told through the Neisser family letters,with historical contextualization and commentary. Their flight to Peru was not easy. Walter worked to provide the resources and guidance for the family members, but communications to Europe were intermittent and travel from Europe became increasingly impossible. Required coordination to contact correct officials and receive the necessary documentation. The letters reveal the toll these efforts put on them and the challenges of waiting and surviving in a foreign land as they tried to hold together.

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