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.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: F1035.J5 K54 2021

Overview

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. • A thoroughly researched history of the Garment Workers Scheme through collected archive material. • Key themes: the Holocaust, Immigration, Second Generation, Anti-Semitism"-- Provided by publisher.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Knight, Andrea, author.
Published: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2020]
©2020
Locale: Canada
Other Authors/Editors: Draper, Paula, author.
Bryck, Nicole, author.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Holocaust survivors--Canada--Biography. Holocaust survivors' families--Canada. Jews--Canada--Biography. Tailors--Canada--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Canada. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Survivants de l'Holocauste--Canada--Biographies. Familles des survivants de l'Holocauste--Canada. Juifs--Canada--Biographies. Tailleurs--Canada--Biographies. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Juifs--Sauvetage--Canada. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Récits personnels. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust survivors' families. Jews. Tailors. Canada. Biographies. Personal narratives. Récits personnels.

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