Are measure morris and other. In hint in the correspondence of the official u. S. [inaudible] there is mention of the quota. Arnold is concerned at times he believed the quota was used up. Actually for most of the years, the german quota, as low as it was and knack cat as inadequate as it was, was not filled. So they do mention that. There are also, if you read the book, restrictions on money, how much money can be sent abroad. And for me, when i read that, i think it really it reinforced the sense that it wasnt so easy. You can look back now and sigh, why didnt people do this or that. Here you have something that you would think of is simple, as sending a check to cousin dora in france and yet their all these restrictions how much you can send and when you can send it. So, for me, in exit berlin it brought me into the world of this family and understand the difficulties they had dealing with this crisis. Go ahead. [inaudible] the question asked here made me ask the question, what was
Good evening and welcome. I am Suzanne Jaffe of the National Board of governors past president of ajc europe region. Am truly delighted that so many of you have come to headquarters this evening to help celebrate the launch of exit berlin, how one woman saved her family from not be germany and to hear directly from Charlotte Bonelli, the author and director of archives. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting and i can promise you that you are in for a real treat. Exit berlin is based on more than 300 letters luzie patch wrote behind in germany after she came by herself to new york in the team 38 about a week after kristallnacht and letter she wrote to her american cousin, arnold, who assisted in so many ways and the rest do. The letters are for unique in that into nazi germany and the holocaust of the perspective of one German Jewish woman and also how an average of air to jewish family responded to the holocaust to assist relatives whom they may or may not have known trapped in
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