Guests of the President
How 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Unlikely Hope in an American Town
6 April 2027 · United States
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Erbelding follows a wartime refugee program through the policy decisions and community life that shaped people’s attempts to begin again.
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A history of the 982 Holocaust refugees housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, the only group admitted to the United States outside the normal immigration system during the Holocaust.
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