Safe Haven was the only official U.S. Government activity to rescue Jewish refugees during the Second World War, for victims of the NaziHolocaust. The refugees were brought from Italy, but deliberately only from other parts of Europe. They were all fleeing from the Nazis. They were deliberately chosen so that some incoming refugees were non-Jewish, so as to allay anti-semitic fears.
They were placed in Fort Ontario, behind barbed wire, and given no official status, and were told they would be returned to their homelands after the war, and would have no rights as regards entering the United States. In fact, due to political pressure, at the war's end they were allowed to stay in the United States.
Parenthetically, the group included a whole group of Boy Scouts.[1]
safe, haven, museum, education, center, museum, oswego, york, that, tells, story, mainly, jewish, refugees, fled, europe, government, safe, haven, program, they, came, fort, ontario, emergency, refugee, shelter, oswego, york, august, 1944, location, within, yo. The Safe Haven Museum and Education Center is a museum in Oswego New York that tells the story of 982 mainly Jewish refugees who fled Europe in the U S Government Safe Haven program They came to the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego New York in August 1944 Safe Haven Museum and Education CenterLocation within New YorkShow map of New YorkSafe Haven Museum and Education Center the United States Show map of the United StatesEstablished2002 2002 Location2 East 7th Street Oswego New YorkCoordinates43 27 45 N 76 30 11 W 43 462372 N 76 503194 W 43 462372 76 503194Websitewww wbr safehavenmuseum wbr comSafe Haven was the only official U S Government activity to rescue Jewish refugees during the Second World War for victims of the Nazi Holocaust The refugees were brought from Italy but deliberately only from other parts of Europe They were all fleeing from the Nazis They were deliberately chosen so that some incoming refugees were non Jewish so as to allay anti semitic fears They were placed in Fort Ontario behind barbed wire and given no official status and were told they would be returned to their homelands after the war and would have no rights as regards entering the United States In fact due to political pressure at the war s end they were allowed to stay in the United States Parenthetically the group included a whole group of Boy Scouts 1 See also editOswego New York Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee ShelterReferences edit Peterson Robert October 2004 Scouting in a World War II Refugee Troop Scouting Retrieved January 25 2013 External links editSafe Haven Museum webpage Safe Haven museum video Story About The Program nbsp This New York museum related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Safe Haven Museum and Education Center amp oldid 1095291095, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
