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The tailor project : how 2,500 Holocaust survivors found a new life in Canada Cover Image Book Book

The tailor project : how 2,500 Holocaust survivors found a new life in Canada / Andrea Knight, Paula Draper, and Nicole Bryck ; introduction by Harold Troper.

Knight, Andrea, (author.). Bryck, Nicole, (author.). Draper, Paula, (author.). Troper, Harold, 1942- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

The remarkable story of approximately 2,500 Jewish tailors and their families who immigrated to Canada between 1948 and 1949 through the Garment Workers' Scheme in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Researchers interviewed nearly 100 tailors and their families.

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  • ISBN: 9781772601442 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Second Story Press, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239).

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Subject: Holocaust survivors' families > Canada.
Holocaust survivors > Canada > Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives.
Jews > Canada > Biography.
Tailors > Canada > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Canada.
Genre: Biographies.

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