Jul 14th 2019

Consular Series: Rescue in the Caribbean: Jewish Refugees in the Dominican Republic

@ Illinois Holocaust Museum

9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 6007

Opening Sunday, July 14th, from 2PM - 3:30PM

In the summer of 1938, delegates from thirty-two countries met to discuss a plan of action in response to the Jewish refugee crisis in Europe. At the end of these meetings, it was only the Dominican Republic that agreed to allow a limited number of Jewish immigrants.

Find out more about the experiences of these refugees as they arrived in the Dominican Republic, and how the town of Sosua became a Jewish agricultural settlement. This program will feature Kitty Loewy, the daughter of one of those resettled Jews, and a screening of a 1941 promotional film.

Free with Museum admission.

Community Partner: Consulate General of the Dominican Republic

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