Lucy Winthrop Escapes Europe’s Tragedy
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
University of Missouri student, Lucy Winthrop, recounted the journey to America from Vienna, Austria in this Columbia Missourian feature. Her family fled the antisemetic persecution brought by the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria.; “Lucy Winthrop Escapes Europe’s Tragedy,” Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), January 31, 1941, page 7, column 3, digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/934653369/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri)
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January 31 1941, Date createdFormat
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United States, Missouri - Boone, ColumbiaSource
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CC BY-NC-ND; “Lucy Winthrop Escapes Europe’s Tragedy,” Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), January 31, 1941, page 7, column 3, digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/934653369/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri)
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