Well worth saving : American universities' life-and-death decisions on refugees from Nazi Europe /
A harrowing account of the profoundly consequential decisions American universities made about refugee scholars from Nazi-dominated Europe. The United States' role in saving Europe's intellectual elite from the Nazis is often told as a tale of triumph, which in many ways it was. America we...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
New Haven, Connecticut : [2019] |
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Table of Contents:
- The Nazi University
- Rescue efforts
- Unsympathetic administrators
- World class and well connected
- Age, politics, gender, and money
- Too Jewish or foreign
- State Department barriers
- An international crisis
- More need, less help
- A last chance in France
- Security fears
- Final appeals
- The Nazi University-- Rescue efforts
- Unsympathetic administrators
- World class and well connected
- Age, politics, gender, and money
- Too Jewish or foreign
- State Department barriers
- An international crisis
- More need, less help
- A last chance in France
- Security fears
- Final appeals
- 1 The Nazi University p. 10
- 2 Rescue Efforts p. 29
- 3 Unsympathetic Administrators p. 52
- 4 World Class and Well Connected p. 66
- 5 Age, Politics, Gender, and Money p. 84
- 6 Too Jewish or Foreign p. 105
- 7 State Department Barriers p. 120
- 8 An International Crisis p. 137
- 9 More Need, Less Help p. 165
- 10 A Last Chance in France p. 191
- 11 Security Fears p. 210
- 12 Final Appeals p. 227