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Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced Into Prostitution in the Americas

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Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced Into Prostitution in the Americas

by Vincent, Isabel

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New York: William Morrow, 2005. xii, 276pp, 8pp b/w photos, bibliography, index. Papered boards in jacket. Sophia Chamys, Rachel Liberman, Rebecca Freedman. Young and poor, these Jewish women and thousands of others like them, from the late 1860s until 1939, left Eastern Europe and were sold or duped into slavery, forced to become prostitutes in South America, Latin America, South Africa, India, and New York, by the Zwi Migdal, a notorious criminal gang comprised entirely of Jewish mobsters.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

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Isabel Vincent is the author of Hitler’s Silent Partners: Swiss Banks, Nazi Gold, and The Pursuit of Justice and See No Evil: The Strange Case of Christine Lamont and David Spencer . She is an investigative reporter for the National Post . Her work has appeared in the New Yorker , the Daily Telegraph , the Independent , Marie Claire and many other international publications. She lives in Toronto. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced Into Prostitution in the Americas
Author
Vincent, Isabel
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
9780600906
ISBN 13
9789780600907
Publisher
William Morrow
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2005
Keywords
Jewish Women Brazil Rio De Janeiro Social Conditions Argentina Prostitution Buenos Aires Sophia Chamys Rachel Liberman Rebecca Freedman Zwi Migdal Jewish Mobsters
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History- Britain & Europe; Judaica; True Crime;

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