Download or read book The Shelter and the Fence written by Norman H. Finkelstein and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death. They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter on August 5 they began re-creating their lives on the road to becoming American citizens. In the history of World War II and the Holocaust, this "token" save by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board was too little and too late for millions. But for those few who reached Oswego it was life changing. The Shelter and the Fence tells their stories.
Download or read book Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence written by Doris Pilkington and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement, following along the rabbit-proof fence back to their homelands. Assimilationist policy dictated that these girls be taken from their kin and their homes in order to be made white. Settlement life was unbearable with its chains and padlocks, barred windows, hard cold beds, and horrible food. Solitary confinement was doled out as regular punishment. The girls were not even allowed to speak their language. Of all the journeys made since white people set foot on Australian soil, the journey made by these girls born of Aboriginal mothers and white fathers speaks something to everyone.
Download or read book The Shelter and the Fence written by Norman H. Finkelstein and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This chapter in World War II history is a well-kept secret. Make this title a first choice." —School Library Journal STARRED review The story of Holocaust refugees who found shelter in the United States—with unique parallels to today's stories of asylum seekers. In 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death. They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter on August 5 they began re-creating their lives and embarked on the road to becoming American citizens. In the history of World War II and the Holocaust, this "token" save by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board was too little and too late for millions. But for those few who reached Oswego it was life changing. The Shelter and the Fence tells their stories.
Download or read book The Fence written by Darrell J. Steffensmeier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the experiences of a dealer in stolen goods (alias 'Sam Goodman'), whose history serves as a model for understanding the role that fences play in today's society. Steffensmeier provides a detailed analysis of how a fence develops relationships with thieves, customers, and other fences, how prices are set and negotiated, the profits derived, and the skills required for the job, and the meaning and rewards of fencing. Steffensmeier relates the potential consequences: the events surrounding Sam's eventual arrest and conviction for receiving stolen property. Sociologists, criminologists, law enforcement officers, and public policy makers will find this an book enlightening and engaging portrayal of the criminal career.
Download or read book Once They Had a Country written by Muriel R. Gillick and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once They Had a Country conveys well what it was like to establish a new life in a foreign country--over and over again and in constant fear for one's life. The book draws from a remarkable set of primary source materials, including letters, telegrams, and police records to relate the story of two teenage refugees during World War II.
Download or read book WANTED A Guinea Pig Called Henry written by Wendy Orr and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam wants a pet for her birthday, but her mom and dad have already said that their apartment is too small for a cat or a dog. A trip to Rainbow Street Shelter to look at the smaller animals can't hurt, though! At the shelter, Sam finds the perfect pet for her, a fluffy black guinea pig named Henry. But she can't help noticing how happy her little brother is when he's reading to Nelly, the Rainbow Street dog. Why can't he read like that when he's in school? Nelly looks happy, too. Sam starts to wonder . . . can a dog go to kindergarten?
Download or read book Special Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forms of Shelter written by Angela Davis-Gardner and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched amid the leaves of the Osage orange tree in her stepfather’s backyard, Beryl Fonteyn observes the life around her—Mama’s desperate attempts to gain Jack’s approval by writing her novel, which he mercilessly critiques; her brother Stevie’s unhealthy fascination with acting out events from the Bible; and Jack’s obsession with his bees—all the while imagining that her runaway father will one day return. But as Beryl’s adolescent turmoil collides with the confines of Jack’s eccentric home, a shattering secret will divide their loyalties—and in one irrevocable moment the home that Beryl’s family has found, their shelter in the storm, will be torn apart forever. . . .
Download or read book Proceedings of the Tree Shelter Conference June 20 22 1995 Harrisburg Pennsylvania written by John C. Brissette and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Shelter of Hope written by Tracie Peterson and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simone Dumas flees from her abusive father and is hired by Jeffrey O'Donnell to work as a Harvey Girl at the Topeka Harvey House.
Download or read book The Game Breeder and Sportsman written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forester written by James Brown and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shelter of God s Promises written by Sheila Walsh and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted Bible teacher and inspiring Women of Faith speaker Walsh offers powerful, heart-filled teaching on 10 bedrock promises of God, providing the foundation for daily confidence, joy, and hope.
Download or read book New England Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Special Bulletin written by Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Not So Great Depression written by Amy Goldman Koss and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIMELY, WARMHEARTED NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES. Jacki's ninth–grade teacher is always going on about the unemployment index and the recession, but nothing sinks in until her mom is laid off and everything seems to cost more than they can afford. Acclaimed author Amy Goldman Koss delivers a warm hearted and timely tale about the things we lose and the insights we gain.
Download or read book Token Shipment written by United States. War Relocation Authority and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, is the story of 1,000 refugees of assorted European nationalities brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in the war year 1944. They lived for 18 months on the shores of Lake Ontario in an abandoned Army camp administered by the War Relocation Authority. At the end of that period, the shelter was closed.
