Exploration, Encounter and Exchange: German Jewish Immigration to the Americas 1933-1945
  • Title
  • Introduction
  • Historical Context
    • World War II
    • Holocaust
  • Immigration to the Americas
    • North America >
      • Voyage of the St. Louis
    • Latin America
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline
  • Interviews
  • Works Cited
  • Process Paper

Introduction

       During the Holocaust, Jews emigrated out of Germany to the Americas in order to escape persecution. Throughout their journeys, German Jewish immigr​ants were forced to explore new and unknown worlds in which they encountered numerous hardships. Their exchange of culture and ideas had a lasting impact on the countries to which they moved.  
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Prior to the holocaust, anti-Semitic feelings existed in Germany. Laws such as the Nuremberg laws made life very difficult for Jews and were a main reason many fled to the Americas. This 1935 chart shows racial classifications under the Nuremberg Laws. Source: Associated Press 
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German Jews fleeing during an attack in 1943. Source: Associated Press
Lyrics to Song of Hope
This day is a beginning
You touch a new page
On this day a prayer will be carried
Know that there's someone listening
Don't give up immediately
You have a distance to go
Don't give up immediately
If not now maybe in another year

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“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges…” -George Washington
" My father left Nazi Germany a year after Dr. Kissinger, and so in my household he was very much an icon. He was a kind of immigrant success story, a refugee success story." -Eugene Jarecki
Historical Context
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