Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Gruber, Ruth, 1911-2016.

Title Haven : the dramatic story of 1,000 World War II refugees and how they came to America / Ruth Gruber.

Imprint New York, NY : Open Road Integrated Media, 2010, ©2000.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.5314 GRUBER    Check Shelf
Description 370 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents The struggle in Washington -- The voyage of the Henry Gibbins -- The Oswego adventure -- After they crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Summary Ruth Gruber, special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, tells about her experiences carrying out a mission to bring one thousand Jewish and Christian refugees from Italy in 1944, and discusses her efforts on their behalf once they arrived in America.
Subject Gruber, Ruth, 1911-2016.
Gruber, Ruth, 1911-2016 (OCoLC)fst00011099
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New York (State) -- Oswego.
Oswego (N.Y.) -- History.
Refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Civilian war relief. (OCoLC)fst01352327
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
New York (State) -- Oswego. (OCoLC)fst01212851
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives -- American. (OCoLC)fst01424071
ISBN 9781453206331
1453206337
-->
Add a Review