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Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants From Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914 (in English)
Tobias Brinkmann (Author)
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Berghahn Books
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Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants From Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914 (in English) - Tobias Brinkmann
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Synopsis "Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants From Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914 (in English)"
Between 1880 and 1914 several million Eastern Europeans migrated West. Much is known about the immigration experience of Jews, Poles, Greeks, and others, notably in the United States. Yet, little is known about the paths of mass migration across “green borders” via European railway stations and ports to destinations in other continents. Ellis Island, literally a point of passage into America, has a much higher symbolic significance than the often inconspicuous departure stations, makeshift facilities for migrant masses at European railway stations and port cities, and former control posts along borders that were redrawn several times during the twentieth century. This volume focuses on the journeys of Jews from Eastern Europe through Germany, Britain, and Scandinavia between 1880 and 1914. The authors investigate various aspects of transmigration including medical controls, travel conditions, and the role of the steamship lines; and also review the rise of migration restrictions around the globe in the decades before 1914.
