Refugees studying at Fort Ontario
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Date
1944-1945
Description
Refugee youth living at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York study in a high school classroom. This facility was a safe haven for 982 refugees from 18 different countries during the Second World War Pictured front row are Neli Bokros, Edith Weiss and David Hendel. Second row are Paul Bokros, Lea Hamf and Ivo Lederer. Back row are Herman Kremer, Ernes Spitzer and unknown.
Type
Photograph
Region
Central New York
Era
The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
Education, Genocide, Immigration, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Identifier
38545
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. David Hendell
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