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2014., Da Capo Press Call No: 940.531 G574a Edition: First Da Capo Press edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Alexœs Wake is a tale of two parallel journeys undertaken seven decades apart. In the spring of 1939, Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt were two of more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the St. Louis, the saddest ship afloat· (New York Times). Turned away from Cuba, the United States, and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe, a stark symbol of the worldœs indifference to the gathering Holocaust. The Goldschmidts disembarked in France, where they spent the next three years in six different camps before being shipped to their deaths in Auschwitz. In the spring of 2011, Alexœs grandson, Martin Goldsmith, followed in his relativesœ footsteps on a six-week journey of remembrance and hope, an irrational quest to reverse their fate and bring himself peace. Alexœs Wake movingly recounts the detailed histories of the two journeys, the witnesses Martin encounters for whom the events of the past are a vivid part of a living present, and an intimate, honest attempt to overcome a tormented family legacy.
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-- Tragedy of the MS St. Louis2016., General, Nimbus Publishing Call No: 940.5318 L418s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On May 13, 1939, the eve of the Second World War, the MS St. Louis left port in Hamburg, Germany, headed for Havana, Cuba. Among the ship's passengers were more than six hundred Jews attempting to escape Nazi rule. But most of the visas the passengers had purchased turned out to be fake and after several days in limbo in Havana's harbour, the ship's captain turned back for Europe. Canadian and American activists petitioned their governments to accept the refugees on humanitarian grounds, but to no avail. On its return, the ship would distribute its passengers among European countries, and over the course of the war, an estimated 250 would die in the Nazi-run concentration camps. Illustrated with photos and sidebar features on the voyage, glimpses into the lives of passengers, a look at Canada<U+2019>s postwar refugee policy, and memorials dedicated to preserving the story of this tragic event in Canadian immigration history. Author Allison Lawlor worked as a reported for several daily papers in Ontario before moving to Nova Scotia in 2003. She lives in Prospect, Nova Scotia.
