Headline

Committee Set Up to Aid Refugees at Fort Ontario

Sub-Headline
National Jewish Organizations to Co-ordinate Services to Bring Supplementary Needs to Shelter; Oswego Residents to Cooperate with Authorities
Publication Date
Friday, September 8, 1944
Historical Event
FDR Shelters Refugees in Oswego, NY
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Tags
Jewish newspapers
U.S. Government Responses to the Nazi Threat
Refugees and Immigration
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
Detroit Jewish News
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Page Section and Number
15
Author/Byline
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History Unfolded Contributor
Margaret L.
Location of Research
Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History

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Bibliography

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Friedman, Saul. No Haven for the Oppressed: United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1938–1945. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1973.

Gruber, Ruth. Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America. New York: Times Books/Random House, 2000.

Lowenstein, Sharon. “A New Deal for Refugees: The Promise and Reality of Oswego.” In America, American Jews, and the Holocaust, edited by Jeffrey S. Gurock, 301317. New York: Routledge, 1998.

Lowenstein, Sharon R. Token Refuge: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Shelter at Oswego, 1944–1946. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986.

Marks, Edward B. Token Shipment: The Story of America’s War Refugee Shelter. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, [1946].

Smart, Joseph H. Don’t Fence Me In!: Fort Ontario Refugees: How They Won Their Freedom. Salt Lake City: Heritage Arts, 1991.

Syrkin, Marie. “At Fort Ontario.” In The State of the Jews, 247–254. Washington, DC: New Republic Books, 1980.

Warnes, Kathy. “Don’t Fence Me In!”: Memories of the Fort Ontario Refugees and their Friends. Oswego, NY: Safe Haven Inc., Museum and Education Center, 2004.

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