Haven Haven

Haven

The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America

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Publisher Description

Award-winning journalist Ruth Gruber’s powerful account of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of World War II

In 1943, nearly one thousand European Jewish refugees from eighteen different countries were chosen by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration to receive asylum in the United States. All they had to do was get there.
 
Ruth Gruber, with the support of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, volunteered to escort them on their secret route across the Atlantic from a port in Italy to a “safe haven” camp in Oswego, New York. The dangerous endeavor carried the threat of Nazi capture with each passing day.
 
While on the ship, Gruber recorded the refugees’ emotional stories and recounts them here in vivid detail, along with the aftermath of their arrival in the US, which involved a fight for their right to stay after the war ended.
 
The result is a poignant and engrossing true story of suffering under Nazi persecution and incredible courage in the face of overwhelming circumstances.
 

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2010
October 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
7.3
MB

Customer Reviews

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Eye opening fulfillment of American pride

In this time of renewed focus on antisemitism, this book should be required reading for every high school student. Haven taught me that the melting pot that made America great in the past will require a constant focus to insure we keep our doors open, Micheal Clark.

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