The last ships from Hamburg : business, rivalry, and the race to save Russia's Jews on the eve of World War I
by Ujifusa, Steven (Author)
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Summary
Over thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States. Many sailed on steamships from Hamburg. This mass exodus was facilitated by three businessmen whose involvement in the Jewish-American narra... Full description
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First edition.
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Schiff, Jacob H. > (Jacob Henry), > 1847-1920.
Morgan, J. Pierpont > (John Pierpont), > 1837-1913.
Jews > Russia > History > 20th century.
Jews > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Jewish refugees > United States.
Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography.
Capitalists and financiers > Germany > Biography.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.