The Crossing of the Red Land

The Crossing of the Red Land - the saga of Jewish refugees in Brazil

First edition
Author	Lucius de Mello - Doutor em Letras Universidade de São Paulo/ Sorbonne - Paris
Original title	A Travessia da Terra Vermelha – uma saga dos refugiados judeus no Brasil
Cover artist	Guilherme Xavier, Célio Costa // Marcela Badolatto.
Language	Portuguese
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Editora Novo Século // Companhia Editora Nacional
Publication date	2007 // 2017
Publication place	Brazil
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-85-7679-108-9
OCLC	180701914
LC Class	F2659.J5 M44 2007

The Crossing of the Red Land - the saga of Jewish refugees in Brazil (orig. title in Portuguese: A Travessia da Terra Vermelha – uma saga dos refugiados judeus no Brasil), is a 2007 novel by Brazilian author Lucius de Mello.

This historical novel details the lives of German Jewish refugees in the 1930s and 1940s, who found themselves living in the wilderness of Paraná, in Southern Brazil, while escaping Hitler's regime.

To compose this romance, the author interviewed direct descendants of these pioneers, in Brazil and in Germany.

nova edição: http://editoranacional.com.br/

video sobre o livro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a5dhNEQ4uo Beatriz Segall e A "Lista de Schindler" do Brasil. Book trailer com participação especial da atriz Beatriz Segall. Um book trailer sobre o livro que conta a história real das famílias judaicas salvas do horror nazista pela construção de uma ferrovia brasileira. Brazilian "Schindler´s List". Real story of an escape plan that secured dozens of Jewish families to cross into the Brazilian backwoods during the Nazi horror in Germany.

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External links

• Synopsis and cover from the publisher, Novo Século (in Portuguese)