Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question

by Jeffrey Lesser

Book Overview

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"