Token shipment : the story of America's war refugee shelter
1946
The story of the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, is the story of 1,000 refugees of assorted European nationalities brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in the war year 1944. They lived for 18 months on the shores of Lake Ontario in an abandoned Army camp administered by the War Relocation Authority. At the end of that period, the shelter was closed. "Prepared by Edward B. Marks, Jr., Refugee Program Officer"--Page 3. 104 pages ; 26 cm
Vervaardiger
- United States. War Relocation Authority,
- Marks, Edward B.,
Collectie
- NIOD Bibliotheek
Type
- Text
Identificatienummer van NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
- ocm03695950
Trefwoorden
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--United States--Statistics.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Italy.
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.)
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