Unbidden Guest : [A memoir of an Odyssey to Ellis Island].

Memoir by Pierre Ferrand, written in 1988, published in an abridged and changed version as "A Question of Allegiance." Including information on his grandparents, some of which emigrated in the 1840s from Gailingen to the United States while others came from Eastern Europe to Germany; on the history of Hamburg Jewry; on politics in Weimar Germany; on Ferrand's father, his business in radio advertising and his anti-fascist politics; on political repression and the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany; and on American immigration laws. - Recollections of his childhood; of the family's emigration in 1933; of his schooling in France; of the emigrant milieu in Paris; of the Ferrand family's journey from Paris to Southern France, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal to the United States in 1940; of their extended stay at Ellis Island and Ferrand's friendship with Sol Kaplun from Poland; and on the family's adjustment to life in New York.Pierre Ferrand was born in 1924 in Hamburg. In 1930, the family moved to Stuttgart. In 1933, they emigrated to Paris where Ferrand's father worked for the French government. In 1940, they escaped to the United States.Synopsis in fileSee also "A Question of Allegiance" by Pierre Ferrand in the LBI library (135 G5 F475)BaselCahorsCasablancaChildhoodEducation, primary and secondary; 1918-1933Education, primary and secondary; 1933-1945France; history; 1933-1945France; politics and government; 1933-1945RabatSpainStrassbourgStuttgar