Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question

by Jeffrey Lesser

Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future." What motivated the Brazilian government, he asks, to create a secret ban on Jewish entry in 1937 just as Jews desperately sought refuge from Nazism? And why, just one year later, did more Jews enter Brazil legally than ever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520084136
• ISBN13: 9780520084131
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"