The shelter and the fence, when 982 Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America, Norman H. Finkelstein
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The shelter and the fence, when 982 Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America, Norman H. Finkelstein
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 9 to 12
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4 to 7
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The shelter and the fence
Oclc number
1179251749
Responsibility statement
Norman H. Finkelstein
Sub title
when 982 Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America
Summary
" 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." -- Amazon.com
Table Of Contents
The arrival -- Marked by war -- Journey to a new life -- Life behind the fence -- Like other children -- To stay or not to stay -- When the gates opened -- Epilogue
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Oswego (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Jews -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature
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- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Oswego (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews + Rescue -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Jews -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature
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