The Story of Adam Munz: One of 874 Jews Given Refuge in America in 1944

Or, put differently: The 0.016% of Europe’s Six Million Jews America Saved in WW II.

A letter from Dr. Adam Munz, one of 982 refugees (874 were Jews) allowed into the USA in 1944, was found in a box of my late mother’s keepsakes. This is the extraordinary story of their rescue, internment and eventual freedom.

Today marks the shloshim* of my mother’s passing, although in some ways it feels like a year. These ancient rituals of mourning m…