What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution

Introduction PARTI: EXODUS Who Left and Why? Through the Eyes of Children Destinations PART II: ADVENT Situation in the United States and Official Policy Organizations and Individuals Who Helped Arriving in America PART III: SETTLING IN From Refugees to Americans The Children's Experience PART IV: SOCIOECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS The Success of Former Refugees: An Analysis Using Who's Who The Big Picture: Representative Data about our Immigrant Cohort from the United States Census Refugees from Central Europe and American-born Jews: A National Jewish Population Survey Analysis Socioeconomic Status: Our Sample PART V: PARTIAL ASSIMILATION: COMPLEX IDENTITIES Language Acquisition Elements of Distinctiveness Collective Identities: Ethnic Option vs. Universalism PART VI: INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS General Conditions Distinctiveness Advantage and Cultural Capital Career Choice and Career Success Transmission of Social Status Other Effects: Family and Community Circumstances, Age at Arrival, Gender, and Identity Success out of Adversity PART VII: ANGUISH - PRIVATIZEDCOST: SOCIALIZED BENEFITS Enduring Trauma Anguish and Achievement Individual Trajectories PART VIII: EPILOGUE: LESSONS FOR CURRENT REFUGEES