Fort Ontario Cub Scout Troop
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Date
1944-1945
Description
Children and leaders of a Fort Ontario cub scout troop. Pictured in the front row (left to right) are Jakov Kampos, Wilhelm Wittenberg, Milan Polijokan, Silvestro Wachsmann, and Miko Finzi. In the second row are Walter Grunberg, Nikola Marinkovic, Miroslav Lang, Mr. Lawrence, Ferdinand Kaska, Heinz Grun, Josef Hazan, and Erik Levy. And in the third row are Branko Hochwald, Michael Hirt; Julius Krauthamer; possibly Jakov Levi, Walter Cohen, Pietri Albrecht, and two unidentified boys. The Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter was a facility in Oswego, New York that was a safe haven for 982 refugees from 18 different countries during the Second World War.
Type
Photograph
Region
Central New York
Era
The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
Community, Genocide, Immigration, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Identifier
49327
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Walter Greenberg
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