Learn about the refugee experience in the eras in which the characters from Refugee lived.

Josef - Fleeing Nazi Germany (1930s-1940s)

• Britannica School Article on the Holocaust (section on Origins of the Holocaust) - Encyclopedia article to provide background information.
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• Holocaust Encyclopedia page on Refugees (from the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum) - Information about the destinations and experience of jews fleeing Germany.
  💡 For more information, explore the gray boxes down the right hand side. For example, there is one called Series: Flight and Rescue.
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• The Voyage of the St. Louis (from the Museum of Jewish Heritage) - Details about the ship on which Josef was a passenger.
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Isabel - Fleeing the Catro Regime in Cuba (1960s-2000s) and the Rafter Crisis of 1994 

• The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon (U. of Miami Libraries) - A digital exhibit about the events of 1994. Includes a map, timeline, and a range of other visuals.
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• The Rafter Crisis of 1994 and the U.S. Response (U. of Miami Libraries) - Part of a digital exhibit called "Between Despair and Hope: Cuban Rafters at the U.S. Naval Base Guantánamo Bay, 1994-1996." A concise summary of events.
  💡 For more context and information, explore the menu choices on the left hand side, which lead to other parts of the digital exhibit.
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• Britannica School Article on Hispanic Americans (section on Cubans) - Encyclopedia article.
  💡 This article provides good historical context about the situation in Cuba leading up to 1994, but little information about the events of 1994 themselves.
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