Eugeen van Mieghem - Joos Erwin
and the Jewish Emigrants of The Red Star Line
KORTE INHOUD
Around 1900 both the ports of Antwerp and New York ranked high in the select group of world ports.
The United States on the other side of the Atlantic was starting a period of unprecedented economic growth following the civil war. Durin a period of 60 years (1873 - 1934) the Red Star Line shipping company million migrants to the new world.
The assassination of Tsar alexander II of Russia in 1881 and subsequent anti-Jewish economic legislation resulted in a massive Jewish exodus. The worst pogroms took place in Kyiv, Odessa and Warsaw.
Jews fled in lage numbers.
Flemish artist Eugeen van Mieghem (1875-1930) was an important witness to massive migration through the port of Antwerp. Numerous publications and exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe (ao the Jewish museums of Amsterdam, Prague and Budapest) turned van Mieghem into the internationally best-known interpreteer of European migration to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
"Van Mieghem was a fine draftsman and colorist, whose l...
The United States on the other side of the Atlantic was starting a period of unprecedented economic growth following the civil war. Durin a period of 60 years (1873 - 1934) the Red Star Line shipping company million migrants to the new world.
The assassination of Tsar alexander II of Russia in 1881 and subsequent anti-Jewish economic legislation resulted in a massive Jewish exodus. The worst pogroms took place in Kyiv, Odessa and Warsaw.
Jews fled in lage numbers.
Flemish artist Eugeen van Mieghem (1875-1930) was an important witness to massive migration through the port of Antwerp. Numerous publications and exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe (ao the Jewish museums of Amsterdam, Prague and Budapest) turned van Mieghem into the internationally best-known interpreteer of European migration to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
"Van Mieghem was a fine draftsman and colorist, whose l...
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2022Uitgever: Pandora Publishers224 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9053254870ISBN-13: 9789053254875Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2022, 222 pp, gebonden, nieuwstaat
Around 1900 both the ports of Antwerp and New York ranked high in the select group of world ports.
The United States on the other side of the Atlantic was starting a period of unprecedented economic growth following the civil war. Durin a period of 60 years (1873 - 1934) the Red Star Line shipping company million migrants to the new world. The assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1881 and subsequent anti-Jewish economic legislation resulted in a massive Jewish exo...
Around 1900 both the ports of Antwerp and New York ranked high in the select group of world ports.
The United States on the other side of the Atlantic was starting a period of unprecedented economic growth following the civil war. Durin a period of 60 years (1873 - 1934) the Red Star Line shipping company million migrants to the new world. The assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1881 and subsequent anti-Jewish economic legislation resulted in a massive Jewish exo...
