A profoundly human account of the relationships between the personal lifeways of Holocaust escapees and their contributions to development thought. A fascinating book to be read with pain, pleasure, emotion and reflexivity.

Anthony Bebbington, Clark University

Tells the remarkable story of a group of holocaust survivors and escapees who were among the most influential thinkers in the nascent field of development studies. The book consecrates its author as one of the leading chroniclers of the history of development.

Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A superb book exploring its subject with delicacy and depth. It adds to the social history of Holocaust escapees, and provides intriguing intellectual biographies of people who have had an enduring influence on development studies.

Christopher Cramer, SOAS University of London

Reveals new insights into the ideas and lives of key development thinkers who escaped the holocaust. By revealing the often hidden context to their ideas Simon greatly enriches our understanding of the evolution of development studies.

Cristóbal Kay, author of Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment

Simon pieces together a puzzle of history: Why were so many of the pioneer scholars in development escapees from the Nazis? In this fascinating book, he tells the story of how these scholars helped to define a field.

Jonathan Rigg, National University of Singapore

A fascinating and important book about the extraordinary contributions to global development by those who escaped the Holocaust. The lessons of these remarkable people are of deep and enduring value.

Nicholas Stern, LSE, and former Chief Economist for the World Bank