Authors: Martin Goldsmith
Grynszpan, Herschel,
55â56
,
58
,
182
Gumpert, Julian,
226
Hamburg
    Â
author's arrival in,
74â76
    Â
emigration of Jews to Cuba,
79â82
    Â
HAPAG ships sailing from,
76â78
    Â
music in history of,
87â89
    Â
preparing
St. Louis
for Cuba,
82â86
Hameln (Hamelin),
20
HAPAG (Hamburg American Packet-Shipping Joint Stock Company),
76â82
Hapsburg Empire,
286
Harkis (Algerians), at Rivesaltes camp (1954),
223
,
229
Harlingen,
132
Hart, Peter,
157
Haus der Mode
,
34â35
,
38
,
41
,
42â44
,
61
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America (HIAS),
263
Herrmann, Frau,
29â30
Herzl, Theodore,
152
Hestin, Audrey,
272
Heydrich, Reinhard,
77â78
,
290â291
HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America),
263
HICEM organization, helping Jews emigrate,
243
Himmler, Heinrich,
287â288
,
291
Hindeloopen,
132
Hitler, Adolf
    Â
assuming power in 1933,
149
    Â
early history of National Socialism,
44â47
    Â
French armistice and,
181â182
    Â
on meaning of
St. Louis
voyage,
130
    Â
Munich Agreement and,
202
    Â
Nuremberg Laws of,
48
    Â
social, ethnic, and military goals,
287
Holocaust
    Â
Auschwitz as epicenter of,
288
    Â
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum,
299
    Â
author as Jewish descendant of victims of,
62
    Â
Birkenau and,
301â302
    Â
Camp Agde and,
208
    Â
German legacy and,
283
    Â
memorial at Yad Vashem in Israel,
191
    Â
Peschanski, Denis, as historian of,
230
    Â
Rivesaltes and,
212
    Â
survivors,
309
    Â
Zuccotti, Susan, as historian of,
265
Holocaust Memorial Museum (United States)
    Â
archivists of,
168
    Â
author's visits to,
8â9
    Â
letter from Alex at Camp Agde,
204â205
    Â
researching Alex and Helmut's journey through France,
165
    Â
researching Camp des Milles,
241
,
244
    Â
researching Rivesaltes,
221â224
    Â
researching
St. Louis
refugees,
11
,
83
,
96
,
98
,
121
,
123
Holthusen, Claus-Gottfried,
78
,
84
Holy Roman Empire,
286
Hope Chained
, war monument in Montauban,
192â194
Hotel des Emigrants, Boulogne,
135â138
Hotel International, at Martigny-les-Bains agricultural center for Jewish refugees,
156â164
    Â
history of,
148â149
    Â
ruined hopes for,
168â169
    Â
visit to,
145â147
House of Coats.
See
Mantelhaus Goldschmidt
House of Style.
See
Haus der Mode
Hugo, Victor,
273
Immigration Act of 1924,
127â129
,
245
Inextinguishable Symphony, The
(Goldsmith),
1â2
,
5
,
165â166
,
226
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (painter),
180
International Red Cross,
202
International Relief Association, Inc. (IRA),
250
IRA (International Relief Association, Inc.),
250
Iron Cross, First Class,
2
,
38
,
44
Jacob, Max,
278
Jacoby, Dietgard,
70
    Â
attending memorial in Oldenburg,
313â315
,
317â318
,
320
,
323â324
    Â
hosting author in Oldenburg,
34
,
62
    Â
scattering of George's ashes,
64â65
James the Conqueror,
213
Janssen, Ingrid,
275
,
279â281
,
283
Jaspers, Karl,
50
Jeudi noir
(Black Thursday),
263
Jewish Cultural Association,
226
Jewish Problem,
47â48
,
77â78
,
185
,
290
Jews
    Â
anti-Semitism of Vichy government,
184â187
    Â
Aryanization of Jewish enterprises,
58â60
    Â
commemoration of Jews persecuted in Germany,
313â314
    Â
expelling Jewish children from schools,
58â59
    Â
extermination policy via Final Solution,
290â291
,
296
    Â
fleeing Germany,
154â156
    Â
fleeing Germany via Hamburg,
77â82
    Â
Gestapo round-up of, in Sachsenhagen,
28â29
    Â
history in France,
149â150
    Â
Hitler's social, ethnic, and military goals,
287
    Â
life in Sachsenhagen,
17â19
    Â
mass deportation to extermination camps,
190â191
    Â
Nazi Party and,
45â48
    Â
policy enforcing delivery of foreign Jews to Nazis,
263â264
    Â
professions/excluded professions of,
21
    Â
subtle and overt attacks on,
50â55
Joffre, Joseph,
218
Joint, the.
See
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Joseph, Liesl,
118
Journey Into Freedom
(Hart),
158
Judaism,
4â5
Karliner, Herbert,
113â114
,
128
Karliner, Joseph,
82
Kennedy, Joseph P.,
116
Kindertransport,
308â309
Kishagashugah, chief of Osage tribe,
175â178
Klarsfeld, Serge,
190
Knochen, Helmut,
184
Kremer, Johann,
289
Kristallnacht
(Night of Broken Glass)
    Â
arrest of author's grandfather,
319
    Â
German Jews response to,
78â82
    Â
Grynszpan, Herschel, blamed for,
182
    Â
Janssen, Ingrid, and events in Oldenburg,
279â280
    Â
spurring France to take refugees,
155â156
La Cité de la Muette
(The Silent City) (Lods and Beaudouin),
275â281
La France juive
(Drumont),
150â151
La Libre parole
,
151â152
Labarthète, Henri du Molin de,
184
Lambert, Raymond-Raoul,
117
,
135
,
155
,
186
L'Auto
daily,
152
Law Against Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities,
50â51
Law for the Defense of German Blood and Honor,
48
Le Velo
sports daily,
152
Lebensraum
,
287
Leger, Alexis,
116
Lenz & Company,
295
Leopold III, King,
115
Les Milles,
238â239
.
See also
Camp des Milles
;
Les Milles, concentration camp
Les Milles, concentration camp,
307
    Â
artists and intellectuals at,
244â245
    Â
author and wife's visit to,
264â270
    Â
author's research on relatives in,
9â10
    Â
brick factory as internment camp for refugees,
239
    Â
letters from Alex and Helmut,
251â255
    Â
living conditions,
240â243
    Â
as product of Vichy government,
239â240
    Â
U.S. immigration policy and,
246â251
Lichtman, Allan,
127â128
Liliane, Madame Gerard,
163â164
Lipman-Wulf, Peter,
244â245
living conditions
    Â
Agde,
203â204
    Â
Auschwitz,
288â289
    Â
Camp des Milles,
240â242
    Â
Drancy,
276
    Â
Rivesaltes,
218â221
Lods, Marcel,
275â276
Long, Breckinridge,
246
Louis XV, King of France,
175
Luther, Martin,
284
Maginot Line, German invasion and,
180
Majdanek extermination camp,
291
,
295
Majorca,
213â214
Manen, Henri,
264â265
Mann, Golo,
244
Mantelhaus Goldschmidt
,
43â45
,
61
Margoshes, Samuel,
124â126
,
140â142
Markreich, Max,
166
,
225â226
,
245
,
250â251
,
260
Marseille (Massalia),
236
,
243â244
Martigny-les-Bains
    Â
agricultural center for Jewish refugees,
156â162
    Â
author's journey to,
143â149
    Â
internment of Alex and Helmut at Camp du Martinet,
167â169