Between sorrow and strength
Subtitle: women refugees of the Nazi period
By: edited by Sibylle Quack.
Contributors: Quack, Sibylle, 1951-
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Publisher: German Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Women refugees -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Refugees -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Women refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses
Description: Refugees of the Nazi period have attracted considerable attention from scholars. Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt, among others, are famous examples. In contrast, little is known about the daily lives of more typical refugees, their experiences in exile and emigration, their sorrows and their underlying strength.

This volume shows how refugee women endured during the Nazi period, underscores their important role in the survival of their families, and explores the meaning of exile and emigration for their future lives and careers. Between Sorrow and Strength unites essays by noted scholars in the field and eyewitness reports from contemporaries who relate their actual experiences.

This combination is particularly well suited to reveal a gender perspective on the history of Jewish as well as non-Jewish emigration from Europe during the Nazi era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented at a conference held in November 1991 at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.