Holocaust survivors in Canada : exclusion, inclusion, transformation, 1947-1955 / Adara Goldberg.
In the decade after the Second World War, 35,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution and their dependants arrived in Canada. This was a watershed moment in Canadian Jewish history. The unprecendented scale of the relief effore required for the survivors, compounded by their unique social, psychological, and emotional needs, challenged both the establish Jewish community and resettlement agencies alike.
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- ISBN: 9780887557767
- ISBN: 0887557767
- Physical Description: x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-292) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Machine generated contents note: ch. One Door, Slightly Ajar -- ch. Two "Ordinary Survivors" -- ch. Three War Orphans Project -- ch. Four "I Remain Its Reluctant Child" -- ch. Five Keeping The Faith -- ch. Six Moving Forward: Survivor Shuls -- ch. Seven Abandoning Tradition: Atheism And Converts -- ch. Eight Final Movement: Israeli Transmigrants And Other "Late Arrivals" -- ch. Nine Mothers And Misters: Parenting, Work, And Gender. |
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