Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955

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, ...