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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: The Struggle in Washington; Part Two: The Voyage of The Henry Gibbins; Part Three: The Oswego Adventure; Part Four: After They Crossed the Rainbow Bridge; Appendix; Index; Copyright Page |
| Summary |
The powerful story of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of the Second World War. In 1943, nearly one thousand European refugees from eighteen different countries set out on a journey for asylum in the United States. Accompanying them was Ruth Gruber, who with the backing of the United States government, was made a simulated General to escort the refugees on their secret mission across the Atlantic from a port in Italy to a camp in Oswego, New York - a dangerous endeavor that carried the threat of Nazi capture with each passing day. While on board the ship that was to transport them to America, Gruber recorded the stories of the refugees, and she presents them in vivid detail here. The result is a poignant and engrossing story of suffering under Nazi persecution and bravery in the face of the most overwhelming of circumstances |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gruber, Ruth, 1911-2016
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| SUBJECT |
Gruber, Ruth, 1911-2016 fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- New York (State) -- Oswego
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Refugees -- United States -- Biography
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Civilian war relief
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Refugees
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Oswego (N.Y.) -- History
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New York (State) -- Oswego
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1299966993 |
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9781299966994 |
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9781453206065 |
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145320606X |
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