- Headline
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Nineteen Nationalities Are Represented in Oswego's Family of 983 refugees
- Sub-Headline
- Details About the Group and Their New Home at Ft. Ontario Are Obtained by Reporter on Visit to Army Post Which Will Shelter Victims of German Terror for the Duration -- Legal Question Is Raised by Expected Birth
- Publication Date
- Saturday, August 26, 1944
- Historical Event
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FDR Shelters Refugees in Oswego, NY
This database includes 723 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 10
- Author/Byline
- Todd Wright (New York Daily News)
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Susan T H.
- Location of Research
- Newsbank (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/)
Learn More about this Historical Event: FDR Shelters Refugees in Oswego, NY
- United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1941–1952 (Encyclopedia Article)
- The United States and the Holocaust: Rescue Attempts (Encyclopedia Article)
- War Refugee Board: Activities (Encyclopedia Article)
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (Bibliography)
- Oral Histories: Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario (Oswego State University of New York)
Bibliography
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Feingold, Henry. The Politics of Rescue: The Roosevelt Administration and the Holocaust, 1938–1945. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970.
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, 301–317. 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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