"An impassioned, riveting study of the Jews who managed to
leave Germany and Austria before Hitler implemented mass
executions and death camps�.Tells the incredible story of the
Kindertransport operation, which took 10,000 Jewish children
from Nazi-occupied countries to England by train and ferry.
Adolf Eichmann, then an emigration official, disdainfully
approved this mass exodus. We learn of the formidable barriers
escapees faced in getting out, of horrid or supportive foster
homes, of the trauma and pain of being forcibly uprooted. Many
escapees endured years of poverty before re-establishing
themselves. Whiteman rejects Hannah Arendt's thesis that German
Jews' cultural assimilation led to their political blindness in
a "fool's paradise." This is a distinctive
contribution to Holocaust literature." "Publisher's Weekly"
Gerald
Granston with his father on the St. Louis, which was not
permitted to land in Cuba. The vessel was forced to return to
Europe, where many of its refugee passengers succumbed to the
Nazis. Gerald and his father survived in England.
"I use your book in my course on the psychology of immigration.
In fact my students are reading it now. I found your book so
good in is coverage as well as moving. Thank you for writing it. " Professor
at Keene State College
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Jews
forced to scrub streets to the amusement of the taunting
citizenry.
"Whiteman, a psychologist, recounts 190 refugee stories as
they were lived from 1933. The basic research data were derived
from Whiteman's questionnaire, which was composed of four pages of
essay questions. The essays probed the refugees' experiences
before and during life under Hitler, their escapes, their
processes of resettlement, and the emotional traumas that they
endured. These are the "voices" of the men and women who
can legitimately articulate what being a refugee means. Whiteman
weaves the individual incidents around themes generic to the human
condition and gives the reader an understanding of the fear and
emotional turbulence these people experienced. The Nazi leaders
pursued an anti-Semitic agenda, and so it may be surprising to
many that few of the escapees seemed aware of any virulent bias in
the pre-Hitler days. This phenomenon, however, reinforces the
current scholarship that has stressed that Nazi power seems rooted
in those who supported the Party despite it's prejudice. Whiteman
also explores such unusual topics as the plight of refugee Jews in
Shanghai. A valuable book for college libraries. Advanced
undergraduate; graduate."
D. J. Dietrich, Boston College
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"Last night I finished a marathon reading of your book, �The
Uprooted�. And then I immediately looked up your name on the
internet (hope I have the right person) because I knew I had to write to
you. Your book was an amazing experience for me." Hildegard
Adler
"I have read many accounts of the Dunera story [part of the book
dealing with the harrowing stories of the Jewish refugees sent from
England to Australia for internment]. I was part of the story and
after having read many descriptions of that entire experience, I
consider your account by far the best factual description of the whole
episode." George Lederer � one of the Dunera deportees
"I gave your book to my students in the course of �The Psychology
of Immigration�. I found your book so good in its coverage as
well as most moving. Thank you for writing it." High
School Teacher
"Thank you for your very interesting book which I cannot praise
enough; you mention in an excellent way the feelings of all of us, who
were forced to leave Austria and especially for your knowledge of my
innermost thoughts and believes. It made me very happy, because it
helped me to overcome my self-recrimination about leaving my parents for
an unknown fate which turned out to be worse than anybody would have
imagined and the thought of it haunted me to this day. Thank you
again." Gertrude Katz
"When I read The Uprooted, I was deeply moved and said to myself I
want to share this work. Fortunately I could do so with my book
group." Book Group Leader
"A thousand thanks for writing �The Uprooted� story as well as
that of thousands of others. Your dedication to this story, your
thorough research, deeply sympathetic treatment and lucid analysis of
our traumas, our psyches and our triumphs have moved me deeply and I had
to write you straight away, even before my wife and children had had a
chance to read the � which they will." Frederick Rolf
� Director of an acting workshop
"I can�t tell you how much your book means to me. It is as
if you gave validation to a whole period of personal history that had
been a quagmire of memory, confusion, hurt, rejection and loneliness,
all of which finally evolved into hope, reaffirmation, self-esteem and
finally happiness. That I was not alone in this process and that I
am more than blessed, I learned from your book." Dorrit
Woolf, artist
"Your book was wonderful. I cried my way through all the
strength and bravery and loss and separation. But when I wasn�t
teary, my eyes were wide open with revelation." Betsy
Dance
"I have just finished reading your book. I have never written
an author before. I am sure you have had many testimonials to the
importance of your book, but I feel compelled to add one more�.I was
no refugee. I am English. Why am I writing: To give you a
small illustration of the importance of your documentation." Lydia
Ashri
"What a book! This could be read in high schools, the same way as
Anne Frank. What adventures, what history, so well organized.
It should be read everywhere". Maria Wolf� former
refugee
"I have just finished reading your book "The Uprooted" I could
scarcely put it down until I came to the end. I found myself crying in
the most unexpected places and I asked myself why. I have never written
to an author before. I am sure you have had many testimonials to the
importance of your book but I feel compelled to add one more." A
reader.
"The Uprooted
was recommended to me a few days ago by a friend who attended the
seminar in
Salzburg
on the
Shanghai
refugees. After hearing you speak she bought your book Finally why am I writing? To give you a small illustration of
the importance of your documentation. And to show you that your book can
serve as an inspiration to the younger generation and to those who re
sensitive to the plight of others. This in addition to being a most
moving piece of documentation. Thank you for writing it." A reader.
Review in the National Desk 3/2003
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