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1995 Series on Jewish Migration

'Are there no exceptions?'

(05/19/1999)- Several days after Christmas in 1984, Gerald Berman stepped off the train in the small town of Neustadt. He felt he had stepped back into Germany's past.

'Alaska wants no misfits'

(05/18/1999) - As members of the small Jewish community in Neustadt waited through the early months of war for word on their application to immigrate to Alaska, they learned of a frightening proposal by the local Nazi authorities.

'Give us this chance'

(05/17/1999) - Walter Lilienfeld, born under Hitler's rule, was 4 years old the day World War II began. He lived in the small town of Neustadt, Germany, with his parents, Max and Rosel Lilienfeld. They were a handsome couple, once prosperous. Both of

Beacon of hope

(05/16/1999) - In the early summer of 1939, as Europe prepared for war, a letter from Nazi Germany arrived in Washington, D.C., at the high-ceilinged offices of the U.S. State Department. The one-page letter had been pounded out on a typewriter with an ol

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