LEADER 03369ctm a2200397Ia 4500001 240616 005 20240621220809.0 008 121210s2012 xx a b 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn820730194 035 240616 049 LHMA 040 CKM |beng |erda |cCKM |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dUMI |dLHM 100 1 Goldberg, Adara Ruth R. 245 10 We were called Greenies : |bHolocaust survivors in postwar Canada / |cAdara Ruth R. Goldberg. 264 0 |c2012. 300 1, vii, 325 leaves : |billustrations ; |c28 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Typewritten manuscript. 502 |bPh.D. |cClark University |d2012 504 Bibliography: leaves 316-325. 520 Between 1947 and 1955, approximately 35,000 survivors of Nazi persecution plus their dependents immigrated to Canada and were received by the 170,000 strong Canadian Jewish population. Canadian Jews, despite their efforts to assist the survivors' sponsorship, were ill-prepared to attend to them. Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS), the official welcoming agency, understood that the refugees required special treatment because of the conditions under which they lived prior to immigration. In practice, however, such special treatment was rarely delivered. The organized Jewish community absorbed the immigrants in an ad hoc manner without sufficient experience or expertise in meeting the psychological needs of trauma survivors, and operated on miniscule budgets. But despite system inadequacies and service limitations, immigration and employment agencies and their workers tried their best to support the newcomers and help them become contributing Canadian citizens. Survivors in turn imparted new cultural, linguistic, and religious perspectives, had an influence on Canadian national policy on refugee workers, and contributed to the postwar labor boom.We Were Called Greenies: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar Canada highlights the experience of immigration, resettlement, and integration from the perspective of the Holocaust survivors and those who sought to assist them. It explores the relationships between the survivors, Jewish social service organizations, and local Jewish communities, and considers how these relationships both facilitated and impeded survivor adaptation. Although focusing on the largest Jewish centers in the country - Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver, the study looks, too, at small communities in the Maritime provinces of the Atlantic region, and other towns across Canada. 530 Electronic version(s) available online. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Holocaust survivors |zCanada. 650 0 Jewish refugees |zCanada. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945. 651 0 Canada |xEmigration and immigration. 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939 - 1945 |2fast 856 42 |3ProQuest, Abstract |uhttp://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3525418 956 41 |uhttp://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib240616/3525418.pdf |zHosted by USHMM. 852 |bebook 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 79-2-2