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Holocaust survivors in canada Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955. Cover Image E-book E-book

Holocaust survivors in canada [electronic resource] : Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955. Adara Goldberg.

Goldberg, Adara. (Author).

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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 unprecedented scale of the relief effort required for the survivors, compounded by their unique social, psychological, and emotional needs challenged both the established Jewish community and resettlement agents alike. Adara Goldberg's Holocaust Survivors in Canada highlights the immigration, resettlement, and integration experience from the perspective of Holocaust survivors and those charged with helping them. The book explores the relationships between the survivors, Jewish social service organizations, and local Jewish communities; it considers how those relationships—strained by disparities in experience, language, culture, and worldview—both facilitated and impeded the ability of survivors to adapt to a new country.Researched in basement archives and as well as at Holocaust...

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  • ISBN: 9780887554940 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Toronto : University of Manitoba Press, 2015.

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