The Unwanted

"The Unwanted" offers a poignant account of Jewish families in a small village near the Black Forest as they navigate the perilous journey to escape Nazi Germany in 1938. Drawing on unpublished letters, diaries, and visa records, Michael Dobbs explores the bureaucratic challenges they faced in obtaining American visas, while also highlighting America's responses to the refugee crisis. This narrative reveals the heartbreaking realities of those who succeeded in fleeing, as well as the tragic fate of others left behind in the wake of rising antisemitism and isolationist sentiment.