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This was the declaration which 982 European refugees agreed to in order to reside at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter. Among terms that they agreed to was the promise to reside at Fort Ontario until the end of World War II as a guest of the United States, and that no promises were made to them regarding work or remaining in the US after the war.</div>
August 1944<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1944-08-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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