Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter
Variant namesBetween August 1944 and January 1946, close to one thousand refugees from war torn Europe were placed in a temporary internment camp at Fort Ontario (Oswego, N.Y.) to await the outcome of the Second World War. The majority of these refugees were Jewish and had recently been liberated from the atrocities of Naziism in Central Europe.
From the description of War Refugees of Fort Ontario papers, 1944-1945. (SUNY Oswego). WorldCat record id: 30560909
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Arthur Lehmann Correspondence, undated, 1926-1947, bulk 1944-1947 | Leo Baeck Institute. | |
| creatorOf | Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter. War Refugees of Fort Ontario papers, 1944-1945. | SUNY Oswego, Penfield Library | |
| referencedIn | Finci, Silvio. Escape from Yugoslavia memoir. | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | |
| referencedIn | Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Collection, 1944-1947, 1960, 1975 | American Jewish Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Cohen, Jack | person |
| associatedWith | Finci, Silvio. | person |
| associatedWith | Geck, Fanny | person |
| associatedWith | Tzechoval, Mosco | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Oswego (N.Y.) | |||
| New York (State)--Oswego |
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| Jewish refugees |
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