Escaping Hitler : A Jewish Haven in Chile

"Escaping Hitler" is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her familyOCOs escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930s and 1940s, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the countryOCOs major institutions.aBased primarily oninterviewswith German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimateaccount of Jews in Germany in the 1930s as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts "Kristallnacht "in Stuttgart, where her father was principal of the Jewish school, his imprisonment in Dachau, and his release and immigration to Great Britain. "Escaping Hitler" details the familyOCOs escape from Germany and subsequent life in Chile, providing an intimate look at daily life on the steam ship "Conte Grande" during the voyage from Italy to Chile in 1939, Nazi espionage and anti-Semitic activity in Chile, and the Nazi influence in South America in general.aRecounted in an intimate and personal style, "Escaping Hitler" immerses the reader in an extraordinary chapter of contemporary Jewish history both inside Germany and South America. "