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Jewish Cemetery in Sosua

Jewish Cemetery in Sosua

In 1940, with World War II already underway, the Dominican government signed an agreement with the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (Dorsa) to carry out a program of the American Jewish Committee for Joint Distribution with the obj...

Luis Hess School - Ex Cristobal Colon School (old Jewish school)

Luis Hess School - Ex Cristobal Colon School (old Jewish school)

ESCUELA CRISTOBAL COLON (ECC) The first school started in a barrack supported by DORSA. Escuela Cristóbal Colón (ECC) started its operations In November 1940. Kindergarten and elementary school for the settlers children was offered...

DORSA - old offices in Sosua

DORSA - old offices in Sosua

In March 1938, the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, convened a conference of 32 nations in Evian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the resettlement of German and Austrian Jewish refugees in other lands. At the time, the Nazi ...