Title The shelter and the fence : when 982 Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America / Norman H. Finkelstein.

Publication Info.	Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]
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Description	186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Subject	Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Jewish refugees -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature.
	Jews -- New York (State) -- Oswego -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Juvenile literature.
	Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature.
	Oswego (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Jewish refugees.
	Jews -- New York (State) -- Oswego.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration.
	Oswego (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
	Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
	Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
	Jewish refugees. (OCoLC)fst01730523
	Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
	New York (State) -- Oswego. (OCoLC)fst01212851
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Jews rescue (World War) (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01710189
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	9781641603836 (hardcover)
	1641603836 (hardcover)

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