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Enchanted Parenthesis

JL;DR SUMMARY Laura Hobson Faure's work examines the lesser-known story of Jewish children sent to France during the Kindertransport initiative before the outbreak of World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustEducationKindertransportJewish RefugeesFranceChildren's RepublicsLaura Hobson FaureAndre SalomonGermaine De Rothschild

Places mentioned

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"The evacuation of German Jewish children to France began after Kristallnacht, when Isidor Marx, the director of a Jewish orphanage in Frankfurt, realized that he and his charges were in danger and reached out to French colleagues in Strasbourg for assistance."
Strasbourg, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
"The evacuation of German Jewish children to France began after Kristallnacht, when Isidor Marx, the director of a Jewish orphanage in Frankfurt, realized that he and his charges were in danger and reached out to French colleagues in Strasbourg for assistance."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"At the same time, Jewish organizations in Paris, which had been focused on refugees in general, began to address the plight of Jewish children."
Marseilles, Île-de-France, France
"In November of that year, OSE, working with the American Friends Service Committee, managed to assemble several thousand children in Marseilles, where they were to board a USCOM transport."
La Guette, Cher, France
"Children in both de Rothschilds Chteau de la Guette and the OSE homes enjoyed the attention of professional staff."
New York, United States
"In 1939, New York Senator Robert F. Wagner and Massachusetts Representative Edith Nourse Rogers introduced a bill in Congress to suspend existing national immigration quotas and allow twenty thousand German children to enter the country."
Château de la Guette, Île-de-France, France
"Group portrait of Jewish refugee children at the Chteau de la Guette childrens home."
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