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A Treasury of Jewish folklore : stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, and folk songs of the Jewish people

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1989

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The shelter and the fence : when 982 Holocaust refugees found safe haven in America

Finkelstein, Norman H.

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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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021

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