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Guests of the President by Rebecca Erbelding
Simon & Schuster · New release

Guests of the President

How 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Unlikely Hope in an American Town

Rebecca Erbelding

Simon & Schuster · American History
Releases April 06, 2027 · ISBN 9781668079690

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About the book

Rebecca Erbelding tells of the Fort Ontario shelter in Oswego, New York, where 982 mostly Jewish refugees were admitted in 1944 and lived for eighteen months without legal status.

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