02259cam a2200301 4500 531677238 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780306823237 0306823233 cd3ba826-8003-43cf-b065-d79cbaa8328f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1439226 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Goldsmith, Martin. Alex's Wake [Libby] : The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germany?and a Grandson?s Journey of Love and Remembrance. Da Capo Press, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3627kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><i>Alex's Wake</i> 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 <i>St. Louis</i>, “the saddest ship afloat" (<i>New York Times</i>). Turned away from Cuba, the United States, and Canada, the <i>St. Louis</i> returned to Europe, a stark symbol of the world's 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.<br /> In the spring of 2011, Alex's grandson, Martin Goldsmith, followed in his relatives' footsteps on a six-week journey of remembrance and hope, an irrational quest to reverse their fate and bring himself peace. <i>Alex's Wake</i> 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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/alex-s-wake?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/alex-s-wake?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)