Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Part 1 1933
1933 The End of an Era 3
People: The First to Flee 9
Places: A Homeland in Palestine 28
Papers: Passports in a Closed World 52
Problems: Minority Rights and Jews as a Minority 69
Part 2 1938-1939
1933-1938 The Screws Tighten 91
People: Officials and Their Solutions 97
Places: A Life Anywhere 119
Papers: Visa Stamps Offer Hope 141
Problems: The Rupture of Departure 163
Part 3 1942
1939-1942 Toward Genocide 189
People: Passeurs: Guides to Freedom 198
Places: Caught in Internment Camps 218
Papers: Loved Ones Become Letters 245
Problems: Life as a Refugee 264
Part 4 1946
1942-1946 Holocaust 287
People: Sherit Hapleita: The Surviving Remnant 292
Places: Where Now? 315
Papers: Lists of the Living 340
Problems: Adjustment 360
Notes 381
Acknowledgments 449
Illustration Credits 453
Index 457