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For no one was the onset of war more terrifying than for the children of Europe, and for no one did the people of Canada show more concern. Even before the start of the war the Canadian National Committee on Refugees had managed to force out of a reluctant government an agreement to admit one hundred refugee children who had made their way to England. There were approximately nine thousand of these children in Britain, some of them orphans, many of them separated from their parents, all of them frightened. All of those to be admitted to Canada, the cabinet stipulated, must be orphans and between the ages of three and twelve.1Once war began, however, the Canadian interest in the refugee children waned as the threat to British children became more real and as pressure began to build on the Canadian government to evacuate endangered British mothers and children.2 Committees of Canadian women formed to help organize the movement, led by Charlotte Whitton, one of the nation’s most prominent social workers, a key member of the cncr, secretary of the Canadian Wel-fare Council and an influential voice in Ottawa. Whitton seemed CHAPTER FOURThe Children Who Never Came
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For no one was the onset of war more terrifying than for the children of Europe, and for no one did the people of Canada show more concern. Even before the start of the war the Canadian National Committee on Refugees had managed to force out of a reluctant government an agreement to admit one hundred refugee children who had made their way to England. There were approximately nine thousand of these children in Britain, some of them orphans, many of them separated from their parents, all of them frightened. All of those to be admitted to Canada, the cabinet stipulated, must be orphans and between the ages of three and twelve.1Once war began, however, the Canadian interest in the refugee children waned as the threat to British children became more real and as pressure began to build on the Canadian government to evacuate endangered British mothers and children.2 Committees of Canadian women formed to help organize the movement, led by Charlotte Whitton, one of the nation’s most prominent social workers, a key member of the cncr, secretary of the Canadian Wel-fare Council and an influential voice in Ottawa. Whitton seemed CHAPTER FOURThe Children Who Never Came
© 2023 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. Preface xxv
  6. Acknowledgements xxxi
  7. CHAPTER ONE Where They Could Not Enter 1
  8. CHAPTER TWO The Line Must Be Drawn Somewhere 48
  9. CHAPTER THREE Der Feter Yiuv ist bei uns 84
  10. CHAPTER FOUR The Children Who Never Came 127
  11. CHAPTER FIVE Ottawa or Bermuda? A Refugee Conference 158
  12. CHAPTER SIX In the Free and Civilized World 185
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN One Wailing Cry 237
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT A Pleasant Voyage 296
  15. CHAPTER NINE Conclusion 348
  16. Epilogue 357
  17. Afterword: Seven Theses on the Ongoing Impact of None Is Too Many 363
  18. Note on Sources 369
  19. Notes 375
  20. Index 407
  21. About the Authors 417
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. Preface xxv
  6. Acknowledgements xxxi
  7. CHAPTER ONE Where They Could Not Enter 1
  8. CHAPTER TWO The Line Must Be Drawn Somewhere 48
  9. CHAPTER THREE Der Feter Yiuv ist bei uns 84
  10. CHAPTER FOUR The Children Who Never Came 127
  11. CHAPTER FIVE Ottawa or Bermuda? A Refugee Conference 158
  12. CHAPTER SIX In the Free and Civilized World 185
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN One Wailing Cry 237
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT A Pleasant Voyage 296
  15. CHAPTER NINE Conclusion 348
  16. Epilogue 357
  17. Afterword: Seven Theses on the Ongoing Impact of None Is Too Many 363
  18. Note on Sources 369
  19. Notes 375
  20. Index 407
  21. About the Authors 417
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