For the first time, startling, previously unpublished facts reveal why FDR opened America's doors to one thousand out of thirteen million Holocaust victims--and then kept them in a camp behind barbed wire. Author Ruth Gruber witnessed these refugees' joys and tragedies, resourcefulness and courage--because she lived it.
year: 1984, 1983, 1994
call number/section: 940.53
subjects: gruber, ruth, 1911-, world war, 1939-1945, refugees, refugees, united states, biography, civilian relief, personal narratives, american, united states, history, 1933-1945, oswego (n.y.), personal narratives, american, oswego, biography, jewish holocaust (1933-1945) - refugees, world war ii, 1939-1945 - refugee camps
Editions
Gruber, Ruth
New American Library (1984)
The story of the 1,000 World War II refugees that FDR suspended the quotos to rescue out of the thirteen million Holocaust victims.
Schools: 0
Gruber, Ruth
Coward-McCann (1983)
The story of the 1,000 World War II refugees that FDR suspended the quotos to rescue out of the thirteen million Holocaust victims.
Schools: 4
Gruber, Ruth
Safe Haven (1994)
For the first time, startling, previously unpublished facts reveal why FDR opened America's doors to one thousand out of thirteen million Holocaust victims--and then kept them in a camp behind barbed wire. Author Ruth Gruber witnessed these refugees' joys and tragedies, resourcefulness and courage--because she lived it.
Schools: 0