Abstract
The Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario was a War Relocation Authority program founded in 1944 with the goal of temporarily sheltering victims of the Holocaust. In August of 1944, 982 refugees were ferried to Fort Ontario where they would be temporarily housed for an…
Collection Highlights
The Oswego County Historical Society has been collecting records and artifacts related to Oswego County history for over 125 years. View our collections highlights to see some of the most frequented collections. Please note that not all of our collections are available publicly yet. Inquiries into…