From Rags to Comfort: Women Holocaust Survivors Rebuilding Lives in Montreal, 1947-1958

The majority of holocaust survivors who came to Canada settled in Montreal. Most came with little if any money or material goods. Within a relatively short period of time the immigrant survivors transitioned from poor-new immigrant to successful or at least comfortable Canadian. The benchmarks for f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zelda Abramson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2015-11-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/39930