- Summary
- Walter's Welcome is the story of Walter Neisser and the more than fifty members of his family he helped to escape Nazi Germany. The story is told through the letters of the Neisser [and Nothmann] family, which have been meticulously translated and arranged by Walter's niece, Eva, who also provides moving historical contextualization and commentary. After fleeing Germany, the Neissers resettled in Peru. However, their flight was neither easy nor seamless. [Walter took odd jobs until he founded and grew a large electrical appliance business. He also would become socially active in the Lima community]. Walter worked tirelessly to provide the resources and guidance necessary for the many members of the family to escape, but communications to Europe were intermittent and travel off the continent became increasingly impossible with each passing day, requiring extraordinary will and coordination to contact the correct officials and receive the necessary documentation. The family's letters reveal the toll these efforts put on them and the challenges of waiting and surviving in a foreign land as they tried to hold together.-- Dust jacket and cataloger.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Echenberg, Eva Neisser, author.
- Published
- New York NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2017
©2018
- Locale
- Peru
Germany
Bytom (Poland)
Lima (Peru)
Poland
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rasminsky, Judy Sklar, 1940-
