The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within by Breitman, Richard
The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within by Breitman, Richard

The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within

An unknown story of an unlikely hero--the US consul who best analyzed the threat posed by Nazi...
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The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within by Breitman, Richard

The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within

$66.73
The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within by Breitman, Richard

The Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within

$66.73
Author: Richard Breitman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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An unknown story of an unlikely hero--the US consul who best analyzed the threat posed by Nazi Germany and predicted the horrors to come
In 1929, Raymond Geist went to Berlin as a consul and handled visas for emigrants to the US. Just before Hitler came to power, Geist expedited the exit of Albert Einstein. Once the Nazis began to oppress Jews and others, Geist's role became vitally important. It was Geist who extricated Sigmund Freud from Vienna and Geist who understood the scale and urgency of the humanitarian crisis.
Even while hiding his own homosexual relationship with a German, Geist fearlessly challenged the Nazi police state whenever it abused Americans in Germany or threatened US interests. He made greater use of a restrictive US immigration quota and secured exit visas for hundreds of unaccompanied children. All the while, he maintained a working relationship with high Nazi officials such as Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Hermann G ring.
While US ambassadors and consuls general cycled in and out, the indispensable Geist remained in Berlin for a decade. An invaluable analyst and problem solver, he was the first American official to warn explicitly that what lay ahead for Germany's Jews was what would become known as the Holocaust.

Author: Richard Breitman
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781541742161


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2019
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2019

About the Author
Richard Breitman is distinguished professor emeritus in History at American University and the author or co-author of twelve books and many articles in German history, U.S. history, and the Holocaust. Apart from his latest book, FDR and the Jews, co-authored with Allan J. Lichtman, he is best known for The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution and Official Secrets: What the Nazis Planned, What the British and Americans Knew. He lives in the D.C. metro area.


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