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2 days ago I spent several hours on Ellis Island and was baffled how they didn't discuss any immigrants who came in during the 1930s-1940s (specifically during the Holocaust). During this time period, if you were emigrating from Europe to head (or at least stop in) NYC, where did you get processed and where did you land?
I admit I teared up a few times when seeing the Statue of Liberty and being at Ellis Island.
2 days ago I spent several hours on Ellis Island and was baffled how they didn't discuss any immigrants who came in during the 1930s-1940s (specifically during the Holocaust). During this time period, if you were emigrating from Europe to head (or at least stop in) NYC, where did you get processed and where did you land?
I admit I teared up a few times when seeing the Statue of Liberty and being at Ellis Island.
Immigration to the US declined steeply during the Great Depression; the affects were felt world wide just not in the US. So there was little incentive to come and most couldn't afford to do so, either.
Immigration was basically closed by FDR legislatively during the GD. The US had an isolationist policy pre-WWII that limited immigration and there were stringent guidelines one must meet; 29 questions including where they planned to live, work and how much money they currently had on their person. Were they ill, etc. It was to ensure they could be self-supporting. More were sent home than passed through. Yearly immigration was capped at 150,000 per year and bared Asian immigration altogether. It was focused on Western and Northern Europeans. But immigration was opened to countries such as Mexico and other Latin American countries.
ETA: During the early stages of the war the US took no refugees in. In fact, the government turned away a ship of close to 1,000 Jews fleeing Hitler. It's confirmed that about 250 of them died in concentration camps.
Immigration to the US declined steeply during the Great Depression; the affects were felt world wide just not in the US. So there was little incentive to come and most couldn't afford to do so, either.
Immigration was basically closed by FDR legislatively during the GD. The US had an isolationist policy pre-WWII that limited immigration and there were stringent guidelines one must meet; 29 questions including where they planned to live, work and how much money they currently had on their person. Were they ill, etc. It was to ensure they could be self-supporting. More were sent home than passed through. Yearly immigration was capped at 150,000 per year and bared Asian immigration altogether. It was focused on Western and Northern Europeans. But immigration was opened to countries such as Mexico and other Latin American countries.
ETA: During the early stages of the war the US took no refugees in. In fact, the government turned away a ship of close to 1,000 Jews fleeing Hitler. It's confirmed that about 250 of them died in concentration camps.
Oh yeah I knew that the US did send Jews back. Learned about the St. Louis.That being said the Jews that came in to NYC from Europe, where did they get processed?!
Oh yeah I knew that the US did send Jews back. Learned about the St. Louis.That being said the Jews that came in to NYC from Europe, where did they get processed?!
They were processed through Ellis Island just like everyone else, unless they were first or second class passengers. They went thru an onboard process and disembarked in NY or NJ all others went through Ellis Island.
Eta there was basically no immigration processed at EI post 1924. It became a dentention s center.
They were processed through Ellis Island just like everyone else, unless they were first or second class passengers. They went thru an onboard process and disembarked in NY or NJ all others went through Ellis Island.
Eta there was basically no immigration processed at EI post 1924. It became a dentention s center.
Ah I see. All this time I thought Ellis Island had significant meaning in my life
Ah I see. All this time I thought Ellis Island had significant meaning in my life
My great grandparents from Germany came steerage in 1928 and were processed thru EI. My grandmother had all the paperwork and several years ago donated it to the museum for their archives. There's a database you can check to see if your family were indeed processed at EI. Passenger Search - The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
It's not every single person but it's an extensive database from late 1800s to 1924.
Why don't you call them? I'm sure they have someone who deals with visitor questions, probably a historian.
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