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Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germanyand a Grandsons Journey of Love and Remembrance
Martin Goldsmith
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Description for Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germanyand a Grandsons Journey of Love and Remembrance
Paperback. From well-known classical music radio host and author of The Inextinguishable Symphony, Martin Goldsmith, a tale of two journeys--one, a journey from the ill-fated voyage of the SS St. Louis in 1939 to the death camp at Auschwitz; the other, a grandson's journey of remembrance seventy years later. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 397.
Alex's 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 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 ... Read more
Alex's 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 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306823718
SKU
V9780306823718
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About Martin Goldsmith
Martin Goldsmith is a host and classical music programmer for Symphony Hall on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and previously hosted NPR's daily classical music program, Performance Today, from 1989 to 1999. He is the author of The Inextinguishable Symphony and lives in Maryland.AlexsWakeBook.com
Reviews for Alex's Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germanyand a Grandsons Journey of Love and Remembrance
"Beautiful and brave...a chilling yet affirming account of human loss and recovery."
David Maraniss, author of They Marched into Sunlight "The opposite of love, Elie Wiesel has observed, is not hate but indifference. With Alex's Wake, the author proves himself the least indifferent and, because of that, the most loving of men."
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball "There are six ... Read more
David Maraniss, author of They Marched into Sunlight "The opposite of love, Elie Wiesel has observed, is not hate but indifference. With Alex's Wake, the author proves himself the least indifferent and, because of that, the most loving of men."
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball "There are six ... Read more