Examining the largest prisoner-of-war handling operation in U.S. history, this book offers a meticulous account of the myriad problems - as well as the impressive successes - that came with housing 371,000 German POWs on American soil during World War II. Antonio Thompson draws …
In the 1930s and 40s, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals--including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg--who had fled Nazi Germany. During their years in e…
In the 1930s and '40s, LA became a cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodor W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who were fleeing Nazi Germany. This book is the first to examine th…
This volume focuses on the contribution of German-speaking refugees from Nazism to the performing arts in Britain, evaluating their role in broadcasting, theatre, film and dance from 1933 to the present. It contains essays evaluating the role of refugee artists in the BBC German…
"The internment of enemy aliens of German, Jewish, Italian and Japanese origin in Australia during the Second World War"--Provided by publisher.
"The internment of enemy aliens of German, Jewish, Italian and Japanese origin in Australia during the Second World War"--Provided by publisher
Hopeful Journeys traces the German migrant groups from their origins to their places of final settlement in the colonies. The immigrants' Old World customs, beliefs, and connections did not entirely disappear as they adapted to life in the colonies; instead, the Germans' past wa…
This book explores the development of statistical science and cartography in Germany between the beginning of the nineteenth century and the start of World War One, examining their impact on the German national identity. It asks how spatially-specific knowledge about the nation …
This volume explores the development of statistical science and cartography in Germany between the beginning of the 19th century and the start of World War One, examining their impact on the German national identity.
Washington Heights in located in New York City.
Washington Heights in located in New York City.
