Table of Contents
Forward Elizebath Thalhimer Smartt 9
Acknowledgements 11
Introduction 15
1 Hope 17
2 Finding a Farm: Late Winter, 1938 21
3 Bondy's First Consular Meeting 29
4 Immigration Granite Walls 37
5 The "Virginia Plan" Begins 43
6 Visa Considerations: Round One 49
7 State/Labor Deliberations: Round Two 53
8 Germany in the Fall of 1938 57
9 Kristallnacht: November 10, 1938 61
10 Waiting for Immigration, 1939 75
11 "Root Holds," 1939 81
12 Visa Deliberations After Kristallnacht 97
13 Journey to Hyde Farmlands, 1939-1940 107
14 Bleak News from Europe 113
15 Hyde Farmlands Expands, 1939-1940 117
16 Neighbors and Helpers 131
17 Nearby Towns 137
18 Encounters with a New Racism 139
19 A Community in Transition, 1940 141
20 1941: A Fateful Year 153
21 After Hyde Farmlands 163
22 The War Years and After 169
23 A Final Accounting 181
24 Misconceptions 183
25 Shareholders for Life 185
Abbreviations 189
Notes 191
Bibliography 197
Index 203
About the Author 207