The Italian Jewish Exiles in America. By Gianna Pontecorboli. “Embarking on that ship had entailed untold difficulties. They made the seventeen-day trip in third class, among poor passengers. … Though they grew up and studied in Italy, their passports identified them as ‘stateless’.”
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