Joanna Newman, "Nearly the New World: The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 19331945" (Berghahn Books, 2019)
In the years leading up to the Second World War, increasingly desperate European Jews looked to far-flung destinations such as Barbados, Trinidad, and Jamaica in search of refuge from the horrors of Hitler\u2019s Europe.\nJoanna Newman's book\xa0Nearly the New World: The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933\u20131945\xa0(Berghahn Books, 2019)\xa0tells the extraordinary story of Jewish refugees who overcame persecution and sought safety in the West Indies from the 1930s through the end of the war. At the same time, it gives an unsparing account of the xenophobia and bureaucratic infighting that nearly prevented their rescue\u2014and that helped to seal the fate of countless other European Jews for whom escape was never an option.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies