The Lifeline Salomon Grumbach and the Quest for Safety

The Lifeline is the ground-breaking study of Salomon Grumbach, an Alsatian Jew, journalist, and socialist politician who became one of Europe's most important refugee advocates. It examines his life in interwar France and beyond, tracing his human rights activism across the decades.
Meredith Scott, Ph.D (2012), University of Delaware, is Assistant Professor of History at the US Air Force Academy. She has published articles on French Jewish history, including "Republicanism on the Borders: Jewish Activism and the Refugee Crisis in Strasbourg and Nice" (Urban History, 2016).