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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Luick-Thrams, Michael |
| Title, Monographic | Out of Hitler's Reach: The Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees, 1939-1943 |
| Place of Publication | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Publisher | Goodfellow |
| Date of Copyright | c2002 |
| Extent of Work | x, 321 |
| View Online | www.TRACES.org |
| Abstract | From 1939 to 1943, about 185 refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe found refuge at Scattergood, a temporary hostel hosted in what had been a Quaker boarding school near West Branch, Iowa. Among them were Jews, but also political opponents of Hitler's regime, religious figures, professionals, merchants, journalist, artists, elderly ladies and single young men, students and children. This book examines the refugees' backgrounds, their flight from Europe, their arrival in the United States and the process through which they formed identities in America. |
| Notes | Donated by Michael Luick-Thrams |
| Call Number | MKI / MEM / SHS HV640.4 U54 L84 1996 |
| MKI Terms | Scattergood Refugee Hostel (West Branch, Iowa)/ Refugees, political (US)/ World War, 1939-1945/ Jews, German |