- Headline
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350 British Child Refugees Land
- Publication Date
- Saturday, June 8, 1940
- Historical Event
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Refugee Children Arrive from France, More to Follow
This database includes 391 articles about this event - Article Type
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 1
- Author/Byline
- AP
- Article Text
- New York, July 8. (AP)—Three hundred and fifty British child refugees, a number of them babies in arms, arrived today on the British liner, Samaria—the second such refugee ship to reach New York within 24 hours—as a nation-wide campaign to provide a haven for such children was speeded up.
Formation of "The National Child Refugee Committee," to organize local committees over the county and co-ordinate the activities of various groups already active, was announced shortly before the ship's arrival.
The children, ranging in age from a few weeks to 12, were among about 1,000 passengers on the Cunard-White Star liner. They followed 71 youngsters who arrived yesterday on the British liner Scythia. - History Unfolded Contributor
- Patricia P.
- Location of Research
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Learn More about this Historical Event: Refugee Children Arrive from France, More to Follow
- United States Committee for the Care of European Children (Americans and the Holocaust Online Exhibition)
- The Immigration of Refugee Children to the United States (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Martha and Waitstill Sharp (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Refugee Aid (Holocaust Encylopedia)
- Quakers (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
- Eleanor Roosevelt (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
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