An inconceivable emigration: Richard Frank's flight from Germany to Switzerland in 1942.
TitleAn inconceivable emigration: Richard Frank's flight from Germany to Switzerland in 1942.
Author
Call number940.5318/0492
Object number09625a
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn Books
Year of publication
2017
Physical descriptionpp17-28
MaterialArticle
Series titleWar and genocide ; volume 24
ISBN9781785333668
NotesArticle from the book "Microhistories of the Holocaust" pp17-28
Description
Discusses the case of Richard Frank. At a time when all emigration was forbidden for Jews (beginning in October 1941), in December 1942, Frank succeeded in officially reaching Switzerland from Germany. It demonstrates the existence of certain cracks in the Nazi political machine.