The Shelter and the Fence
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The Shelter and the Fence

When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America

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eBook - ePub

The Shelter and the Fence

When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America

About this book

"This chapter in World War II history is a well-kept secret. Make this title a first choice. " — School Library Journal STARRED review 

The story of Holocaust refugees who found shelter in the United States— with unique parallels to today's stories of asylum seekers. 

 In 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death.  

They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter on August 5 they began re-creating their lives and embarked on the road to becoming American citizens.  

In the history of World War II and the Holocaust, this "token" save by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board was too little and too late for millions. But for those few who reached Oswego it was life changing.  

The Shelter and the Fence tells their stories. 

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Information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781641603867
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1: The Arrival
  7. 2: Marked by War
  8. 3: Journey to a New Life
  9. 4: Life Behind the Fence
  10. 5: Like Other Children
  11. 6: To Stay or Not to Stay
  12. 7: When the Gates Opened
  13. Epilogue
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Citizenship of Fort Ontario Refugees
  16. Time Line
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Image Credits