♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (DOOR SQUEAKING) ♪ ♪ JRK R (BABY CRYING) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ICEK WAJC: WE LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND.

PEOPLE OF 80 HAD TO CLIMB THE ALPS, 10,000 FEET HIGH.

IF THEY WERE TO TELL THIS IN AMERICA, THEY WOULD SAY IT IS A FANTASY.

FAMOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS CAN'T MAKE IT.

THESE PEOPLE DID IT THROUGH FEAR.

ICEK WAJC REFUGEE.

>> ALEXANDER GRIN: IN ROME IT WAS TERRIBLE, IN THE STREETS, THE GERMANS AND THE FASCISTS CAUGHT US LIKE BEASTS.

THEY BLOCKED CERTAIN STREETS, CAUGHT ALL OF US AND SENT US TO WORK BATTALIONS ON THE FRONT.

IT WAS ALWAYS AN ACCIDENT THAT I ESCAPED THE GERMANS.

I WAS NOT ON THE STREETS WHEN THEY CAME, OR I HID IN A DOORWAY.

THE ITALIAN POLICE IN ROME WAS VERY GOOD FOR US; 90 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN ROME SABOTAGED THE ORDERS OF THE GERMANS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ OH, SUN SO CLEAR ♪ OH, SKY SO BLUE ♪ OH, CLOUDS, YOU DEAR ♪ LET'S FLY WITH YOU!

♪ THE WORLD IS WIDE ♪ THERE'S SPACE FOR ALL ♪ WHY MUST THEY FIGHT ♪ WHY MUST THEY QUARREL?

♪ OH, MOUNTAINS, HIGH ♪ OH, ISLAND, SMALL ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TO YOU WE FLY ♪ FOR YOU WE CALL!

♪ WHY MUST THEY SHOOT ♪ DESTROY THE GOOD?

♪ OH, GOD, UNROOT ♪ THE CRIMINAL'S FOOT!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU BEAT THE BAD ♪ REVENGE THE CRIME ♪ OH SMASH THE LAD ♪ WHO MOCKS YOUR SIGN!

♪ OH, SUN SO CLEAR ♪ OH, SKY SO BLUE ♪ OH, CLOUDS, YOU DEAR ♪ LET'S FLY WITH YOU!

[ APPLAUSE ] >> CHILD: HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR PICTURE, MAMA?

DON'T YOU THINK THE PALESTINE SOLDIERS MIGHT COME THESE DAYS?

>> I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE OTHERS ARE DOING.

>> THE SOLDIERS HAVE NOT COME FOR WEEKS.

EVERYTHINGINGS CRAZY HERE.

NOTHING WORKS.

AND WE GET NO LETTERS.

BUT AT LEAST WE WORK FOR THE ALLIES.

THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED.

>> AND SO DO WE.

AND THEY LOVE THE KIDS.

>> THEY'RE OKAY, THESE GUYS.

THEY'RE HUMAN THEY EVEN EXHIBITED ONE OF MY PICTURES IN NAPLES.

>> THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN.

IT'S MIRACULOUS WE ARE WITH THEM AFTER ALL THE TROUBLE WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH.

>> OFFICERS: SHALOM!

>> MOTHER AND GIRLS: SHALOM!

>> I'M SORRY YOU HAVEN'T HEADER FROM US FOR SO LONG BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH THE WAIT.

I HAVE EXCITING NEWS.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT HAS INVITED A THOUSAND REFUGEES TO COME TO AMERICA AND RECOVER THERE UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR, THEY WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT'S GUESTS.

AND I'M HERE TO ASK IF THAT'S OKAY FOR ALL OF YOU.

>> INTERNEE: OH, BUT THAT'S GRAND, THAT'S MARVELOUS!

OF COURSE IT'S OKAY.

>> JUST ONE THING, CAN MY SONS COME ON THE SHIP?

THEY WORK FOR YOUR ARMIES.

>> WHEN DOES THE SHIP LEAVE?

>> YOUR SONS WILL BE BACK IN PLENTY OF TIME.

THE SHIP WON'T LEAVE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.

NOW, I JUST NEED YOU TO SIGN THIS FORM PLEASE.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR MOVEMENT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MAINTENANCE THERE AT THE REFUGEE SHELTER LOCATED IN FORT ONTARIO, OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

AFTER WAR IS FINISHED, YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR BIRTH COUNTRY.

>> BUT THAT WILL NOT BE ANY SORT OF CONCENTRATION CAMP?

THE CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL?

>> AFTER 6 LOST YEARS IN FASCIST ITALY?

>> AND I DON'T WANT TO RETURN; I WANT TO STAY OVER THERE AFTER THE WAR!

>> OFFICER: I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY, MADAME, WHAT THE PLACE WILL BE LIKE, WHERE YOU WILL LIVE.

BUT BE SURE THAT IF WE AMERICANS DO SOMETHING WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING IT WELL.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ANY SORT OF CONCENTRATION CAMP.

AND THAT FORM I'M HAVING YOU SIGN ABOUT RETURNING MERELY A FORMALITY.

NOBODY WHO WANTS TO STAY IN AMERICA WILL HAVE TO GO BACK.

I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU CAN STAY IN THE STATES AFTER THE WAR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THAT IS THE HEAVEN'S ANSWER TO MY DOUBTS ♪ THE MIRACULOUS FINGER OF GOD FROM CLOUDS.

♪ THAT IS THE OPENED DOOR FOR US ENSLAVED ♪ OH, THANK YOU, GOD, WHO US FROM HELL HAS SAVED!"

♪ THERE IS NO PRISON STRONG HE COULDN'T WIN!

♪ NO CAVERN DARK AND DEEP - AS LIGHT SHINES IN!

♪ THERE IS NO FETTER CLOSE, NO SWORD SO SHARP ♪ HIS BREATH MELTS IRON AND HIS BREATH MELTS HEARTS!"

♪ OH, LET US SING AND DANCE AND LAUGH AND KISS!

♪ HIS WAYS ARE JUSTICE, HIS REWARDS ARE BLISS!

♪ FROM CANNON'S ROARING RUINS, BOMBING, TREASON SHALL SHE IS.

♪ HE CARRIES US TO FREEDOM, REASON AND PEACE ♪ >> FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES, I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE UNITED STATES INDICATE THAT IT IS READY TO SHARE THE BURDEN OF CARING FOR REFUGEES DURING THE WAR.

ACCORDINGLY, I HAVE DECIDED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1,000 REFUGEES SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE BROUGHT FROM ITALY TO THIS COUNTRY, TO BE PLACED IN AN EMERGENCY REFUGEE SHELTER TO BE ESTABLISHED AT FORT ONTARIO NEAR OSWEGO, NEW YORK, WHERE UNDER APPROPRIATE SECURITY RESTRICTIONS THEY WILL REMAIN FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR.

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, JUNE 9, 1944 [MUSIC] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> CHARLY: YOU LOVELY ITALY ♪ WERE OUR GUARD; ♪ TEN EVIL YEARS YOUR MOUNTAINS BLESSED OUR HEARTS!

♪ >> LORY: YOU BLOOMING ORANGE TREES ♪ WE SMELLED YOUR SCENT ♪ 'MIDST SILV'RY OLIVE LEAVES BENT ♪ >> CHARLY AND LORY: YOU LOVELY ITALY WERE OUR GUARD; ♪ TEN EVIL YEARS YOUR MOUNTAINS ♪ BLESSED OUR HEARTS!

♪ >> CHARLY: THERE WAS PRISON, ♪ THERE WAS HUNGER, THERE WAS ♪ COLD, DEATH AND SICKNESS, ♪ COLD, DEATH AND SICKNESS, TERROR, FRIGHT; ♪ ONLY TRUST IN GOD, IN JUSTICE, ♪ KEPT US BOLD ♪ SOUL AND BODY SAFE FROM DEVIL' ♪ SOUL AND BODY SAFE FROM ♪ DEVIL'S MIGHT!

>> LORY: EUROPA CRUSHED AND ♪ BURNT!

♪ LIFE AND LUCK RETURNED!

♪ GRAVES ARE OV'RGROWN WITH ♪ PLANTS!

♪ GOD HOLDS THE WORLD IN HIS ♪ HANDS!

♪ >>CHARLY AND LORY: EUROPA CRUSHED AND BURNT!

♪ LIFE AND LUCK RETURNED!

♪ GRAVES ARE OV'RGROWN WITH ♪ PLANTS!

♪ GOD HOLDS THE WORLD IN HIS ♪ HANDS!

[ APPLAUSE ] >> MANYA HARTMEYER: I WAS ALONE IN A CONVENT IN ROME.

THE GERMANS HAD PENETRATED • HAD OVERWHELMED ITALY.

I KNEW THAT WHEN THEY GET ME I WOULD NOT COME OUT ALIVE.

THEN THE AMERICANS CAME.

A FEW DAYS I FOUND MYSELF ON AN AMERICAN ARMY TRUCK THAT TOOK ME OUT OF HELL, TO THE HENRY GIBBONS.

MANYA HARTMEYER, REFUGEE >> MAN: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 'ABOUT GOING TO AMERICA ONLY 14 DAYS AGO?

I AM SO HAPPY TO JOIN MY JOIN MY SON OVER THERE!

HE IS IN THE AMERICAN ARMY AND I HAVE NOT SEEN HIM FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

>> I'M GLAD THAT SOMEONE HAS SOMEONE.

HAVE I NO ONE.

ALL MY FAMILY WAS DEPORTED, DIED OR WAS KILLED.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO ESCAPED THIS DREADFUL DESTINY.

I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR SAVING ME.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS GIVEN ME BACK MY COURAGE!

>> I WAS SO DISCOURAGED.

I WAS CRUEL TO EVERYBODY.

I NO LONGER BELIEVED IN GOD OR LOVED ANY CREATURE.

BUT NOW I TRUST GOD AGAIN WE CAN LIVE!

>> CHARLY: I DREAM ALWAYS OF THIS SHIP JOURNEY!

HOW NICE IT WILL BE TO LIE IN A DECK CHAIR AND GO OVER THE OCEAN TO THE OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.

TO SLEEP IN A NICE CABIN AND TO BE SERVED ALL THE NICE AMERICAN FOOD IN AN ELEGANT DINING HALL.

AFTER ALL OUR MISERY THIS WILL BE GREAT TUN, DON'T YOU THINK SO, LORY?

>> I DO AND PERHAPS THERE WILL BE MUSIC AND A DANCING HALL AND WE CAN FINALLY HAVE SOME FUN AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN YEARS.

♪ >> CHILD: WE ARE NOW GUESTS OF ♪ ROOSEVELT ♪ WE GO OVER THE SEA; ♪ WE LEAVE THIS CRUEL, GUILTY, ♪ WORLD ♪ OH, WHAT FUN THAT WILL BE!

♪ WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE ♪ MISERIES ♪ THE HELL FROM NAZI REICH; ♪ THROUGH HUNGERS COLD AND ♪ DIRTIEST LICE, BUGS AND ALL ♪ DIRTIEST LICE, BUGS AND ALL ♪ DIRTIEST LICE, BUGS AND ALL ♪ THE LIKE!

♪ BUT NOW WE GO TO 'MERICA ♪ AMERICA IS GRAND; ♪ AND WHEN ARRIVED IN 'MERICA ♪ RETURN WE NEVER CAN!

♪ THERE WE SHALL HAVE ENOUGH TO ♪ EAT ♪ HAVE CLOTHES, DOLLS AND TOYS; ♪ OH, WHAT A HAPPY COUNTRY THIS ♪ AND NOW IT'S ALSO OURS!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND ROOSEVELT LETS US GO TO ♪ SCHOOL ♪ AND WE WILL LEARN AND LEARN; ♪ WE SHAN'T BECOME A CRIPPLED ♪ FOOL ♪ OH, WHAT A LUCKY TURN!

♪ NOW LET US LOAD THE AUTOCAR ♪ AND LEAVE THIS COUNTRY SOON; ♪ THEY WAIT FOR US IN 'MERICA ♪ SUN GOES WITH US AND MOON.

♪ AND GOD GOES OVER WITH US JEWS ♪ HE NEVER LETS US FEAR; ♪ WE ARE THE WITNESS OF HIS ♪ TRUTH ♪ HE LOVED US THROUGH OUR TEARS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE ARE NOW GUESTS OF ROOSEVELT ♪ WE GO OVER THE SEA; ♪ WE LEAVE THIS CRUEL, GUILTY ♪ WORLD ♪ OH, WHAT FUN THAT WILL BE!

♪ WE ARE NOW GUESTS OF ROOSEVELT ♪ WE GO OVER THE SEA; ♪ WE LEAVE THIS CRUEL, GUILTY ♪ WORLD ♪ OH, WHAT FUN THAT WILL BE!

[APPLAUSE] >> MOST PEOPLE THINK ALL REFUGEES ARE JEWS; THE GREATEST NUMBER ON THE SHIP TO BE SURE ARE JEWS, BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS A JEWISH PROJECT.

THERE ARE 874 JEWS, 73 ROMAN CATHOLICS, 28 GREEK ORTHODOX, AND 7 PROTESTANTS.

THERE ARE 525 MALES, 457 FEMALES.

LOTS OF CHILDREN, LOTS OF OLD PEOPLE, THAT RANGES FROM AN INFANT TO AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN - ISAAC COHEN, FROM SALAMICA, GREECE.

RALPH STOWER, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE US WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY >> I WAITED ALL THE AFTERNOON >> I'VE WAITED SINCE YESTERDAY!

>> IT TOOK US THREE DAYS FROM FERRAMONTI.

>> IT WAS A DREADFUL JOURNEY!

>> WE'RE SITTING NOW IN A MAD HOUSE,.

>> FIRST STEP TO HAPPY SALVATION.

I'M HUNGRY AS A HOUND.

>> THEY'RE BUSY.

THEY'RE JUST HERE TO DISINFECT.

>> YOU!

YOU!

>> PHYSICIAN: HOW DO YOU DO?

>> REFUGEE 1: I AM WELL.

[LAUGHTER] >> PHYSICIAN: NEVER BEEN ILL?

>> REFUGEE 1: THANK GOD, NO.

NEVER?

LET ME SEE YOUR EYES.

SHOW ME YOUR TEETH; AND NOW AWAY AND HOW ARE YOU?

YOU MAY GO.

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU.

YOU.

AND ARE YOU WELL?

>> I AM OKAY.

[LAUGHTER] >> LET ME SEE YOUR HAIR.

SHOW ME YOUR TONGUE AAAAH.

>> YOUR EYES.

OKAY?

NOTHING WRONG?

>> I AM WELL.

>> OKAY.

YOU ARE WELL.

>> I AM WELL.

>> OKAY.

YOU.

YOU.

PLEASE.

OH THANK GOODNESS, NO LICE.

LET ME SEE YOUR EYES.

FOLLOW.

YOUR FEET ARE SWOLLEN.

GO TO HELL.

WAIT, WAIT.

AND ARE YOU WELL?

>> I AM NEVER ILL. >> YOU, YOU.

LET ME SEE THAT ARM.

MAKE A FIST.

LET ME SEE YOUR HAIR.

LET ME SEE YOUR EYES.

THERE'S IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IT'S AN ARMY TRANSPORT; IT'S PACKED FULL.

A THOUSAND REFUGEES ARE IN THE FORWARD HULLS, AND ABOUT A THOUSAND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM ANGIO AND CASINO ARE IN THE STERN.

WE USE EVERY INCH OF SPACE ON EVERY SHIP TO GET THOSE WOUNDED MEN BACK TO STATESIDE HOSPITALS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE EMOTIONALLY.

BATTLE-FATIGUE.

THERE ARE OTHERS TOO, DOCTORS AND NURSES TO TAKE CARE OF THE REFUGEES AND THE WOUNDED.

NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE TO GET GOING.

CAPTAIN LC SUTTON, UNITED STATES WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY.

[MUSIC] ♪ ♪ >> I'M AN OLD JOCK STRAP.

[LAUGHTER] A CHICKEN MUST STILL BE ALIVE.

>> THAT'S NOT CHICKEN.

IT'S DUCK.

OH NO.

>> I THINK THERE IS AN INJUNCTION IN LEVITICUS ABOUT THIS SOUP.

>> THIS ISN'T SOUP.

THIS IS SOME KIND OF INDUSTRIAL SOLVENT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IT'S NO GOOD!

♪ >> THAT IS NO SOUP!

♪ >> WHAT'S THAT WE EAT?

♪ >> NEITHER FISH NOR MEAT!

♪ >> ARE WE TO STARVE?

♪ >> I AM NO DWARF!

>> I HAVE A SCHIELD ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE ARE GUESTS OF ROOSEVELT ♪ EXPECTED, THE NEW WORLD ♪ MIGHT TREAT US AS THEIR FRIEND ♪ LIKE LADIES, GENTLEMEN!

♪ THIS IS NO PARADISE!

♪ BUT THE SHIP MAY BE NICE!

♪ LET'S BE PATIENT AND WISE.

♪ AND NOT YET ALL DESPISE!

♪ OH, HOW HAPPY WE SHALL BE ♪ AGAIN!

♪ WAR WILL FINISH AND WE ARE NOT ♪ SLAIN!

♪ WE SHALL LIVE AND LOVE AND ♪ THANK OUR GOD ♪ THAT HE SAVED US FROM THE ♪ HANDMAN'S PLOT!

♪ ALTHOUGH MILLIONS HAVE BEEN ♪ KILLED AND GONE ♪ HIS ALMIGHTY WILL HAS NEWLY ♪ SHOWN ♪ THAT HIS JUSTICE WILL NOT DIE, NOR SURRENDER.

♪ THAT HIS HEART IS ETERNALLY TENDER ♪ ♪ HE WILL FREE US FROM THE VERY MURDER ♪ ♪ HE WILL LEAD US TO HIS PEACE AND ORDER ♪ ♪ NEVER MIND THE MAD HOUSE AND THE TRIP ♪ ♪ WE ARE HAPPY WAITING FOR THE ON THE SHIP ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHERE'S THE LUCK.

♪ WHERE IS FREEDOM ♪ ♪ WHERE IS OUR FUTURE ♪ ♪ WHERE'S THE LUCK.

♪ WHERE IS FREEDOM.

♪ WHERE IS OUR FUTURE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> CHARLY: OH, YOU RUINED COUNTRIES OF EUROPE ♪ YOU FORSAKEN CITIES, FORLORN ♪ SOULS ♪ OUR HEARTS ARE BLEEDING, OUR ♪ NERVES TORN ROPES ♪ WAR'S GLOOM STILL BREEDS ABOVE ♪ THE GOALS.

♪ WE'RE NOW LEAVING THE BURNING ♪ FORESTS ♪ RATTLING OF BATTLES, ♪ SLAUGHTERS, THE THUNDER; ♪ SUN, BE WITNESS, AND STARS - ♪ WHO FORGETS ♪ THE LASTING HORROR - AND NOT ♪ TO WONDER!

♪ THE MYSTERIOUS FORCE BEYOND ♪ THE EARTH ♪ THE CREATING POWER OF GOOD AND ♪ WORTH ♪ THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE ♪ LIGHT!

♪ LET'S SERVE HIM ♪ LET'S SERVE HIM WHO PROTECTS ♪ THE RIGHT!

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ YOU ARE MY LOVE, YOU ARE MY ♪ GREAT HOPE!

♪ LIKE YOU I SAY: GOOD BYE, MY ♪ EUROPE!

♪ LOOK, HOW THE SUN SETS GLOWING OUTSHINES ♪ THE HEAP OF RUINS IN THE ♪ OUTLINES!

♪ I HOPE YOU LIKE ME, AS I LOVE ♪ YOU!

♪ IT WILL NOT STRIKE YOU, THAT I ♪ HUG YOU!

♪ WE GO NOW FAR FROM WAR TO FREEDOM!

♪ COME, LET'S BE HAPPY, BE NEW ♪ BORN!

♪ YOU KNOW, YOU ARE MY GOLDEN ♪ TREASURE!

♪ I AM THE HAPPIEST MAN FOREVER!

♪ SO LONG, AS YOU ENJOY MY BEING AND THE TIME WE'VE SPENT.

♪ I'LL BE YOUR SER VENT OBEDIENT ♪ YOU MUST BE MINE, BE MINE ♪ ENTIRELY!

♪ TELL RE, YOU WILL I'LL LOVE ♪ TELL ME YOU WILL.

♪ I LOVE YOU DEARLY.

♪ I AM BUT YOURS AND YOURS TILL DEATH ♪ ♪ I'LL LOVE YOU TRULY AND IN FAITH ♪ ♪ >> BOTH: YOU MUST BE MINE, BE ♪ MINE ENTIRELY!

♪ TELL ME YOU WILL I'LL LOVE YOU ♪ DEARLY!

♪ I AM BUT YOURS AND YOURS TILL ♪ DEATH!

♪ I'LL LOVE YOU TRULY AND IN ♪ FAITH!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> LINDSAY: I AM THE CHOSEN OF ♪ ALL THE SHIP ♪ WITHOUT ME NOBODY COULD LIVE ♪ THERE; ♪ I CLEAN THE LAVATORIES WHILE ♪ WE TRIP ♪ OH, WHAT DIRT IS HERE, ♪ EVERYWHERE!

♪ DON'T THINK I EVER WAS ♪ SCAVENGER; ♪ I WAS A FIRST LADY IN VIENNA; ♪ I WAS A MARVELOUS DRAMATIST ♪ I HELD RECITATIONS ON "MAENNER" ♪ I AM A MODERN TYPE ♪ "SUFFRAGETTE,' ♪ I FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT, ♪ THAT MATTER; ♪ I CLEAN THE LAVATORIES, CLEAN ♪ THE DECK; ♪ NO MISTRESS YOU COULD FIND WERE BETTER!

♪ LOOK AT ME, AM I NOT ♪ BEAUTIFUL?

♪ LOOK, HOW I SWING MY BROOM ♪ GRACEFULLY!

♪ DON'T COME NEAR, I BEAT YOU ♪ HORRIBLE; ♪ I AM A HEROINE IN MANIA!

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> TODD: I AM GLAD, THERE'S NO CHAIR IN THE MESS; ♪ I AM GLAD, NOBODY CAN SIT DOWN; ♪ I CAN'T SIT, MY BACKSIDE IS OF ♪ GLASS; ♪ I AM TIRED, I HAVEN'T SAT ♪ SINCE I WAS BORN!

♪ I AM GLAD, NOBODY CAN SIT ♪ DOWN; ♪ I NEVER COULD SIT DOWN ALL MY ♪ LIFE; ♪ I FEEL A SADISTIC JOY THEREON; ♪ THERE'S NO CHAIR ON THE SHIP ♪ FOR MY WIFE.

♪ I ALWAYS WAS ENVIOUS OF OTHERS ♪ NO COULD SIT ON CHAIRS ♪ COMFORTABLY; ♪ I ALWAYS WAS ENVIOUS OF OTHERS ♪ BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY BACKSIDE TO BE FRAGILE ♪ ♪ I AM THE UNHAPPIEST OF ALL ♪ MEN; ♪ I WAS BORN, MY BACKSIDE MADE ♪ OF GLASS; ♪ I CAN'T LOVE, EMBRACE ANY ♪ WOMAN ♪ SINCE I FEAR MY BACKSIDE MAY ♪ NOT LAST.

[LAUGHTER] [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> HANNAH: OH, MY DEAR, I AM ♪ NOT UNHAPPY ♪ ALTHOUGH I DON'T SIT DOWN, NOR ♪ DO I REST; ♪ I HAVE HERE MY DARLING, MY ♪ BOBBY ♪ I HAVE HERO MY SWEETHEART IN ♪ THE CHEST.

♪ COME OUT, OH, MY BOBBY, MY ♪ DARLING!

♪ YOU ARE SO BRAVE, NOT BE ♪ BARKING!

♪ BE SILENT, OR POLIOS WILL OR POLICE WILL SEIZE YOU ♪ ♪ AND THROW YOU IN THE SEA, MY "BIJOUX!"

♪ DO COME OUT AND DO YOUR FEW ♪ WETTINGS: COME DO YOUR BUSINESS ♪ ♪ MISS MARY WILL SORROW FOR ♪ CLEANING; ♪ YOU COME BACK TO YOUR CHEST ♪ TILL NEW YORK; ♪ YOU ARE SAFE IF WE BUT PASS ♪ THE PORT.

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> ALL: IN NEW YORK WE SHALL BUY SALAMI: ♪ IN NEW YORK YOU CAN BARK AND ♪ MAKE NOISE ♪ IN NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK ♪ ♪ YOU WILL FIND AN AMANTE ♪ ♪ IN NEW YORK YOU WILL HAVE ♪ EV'RY CHOICE ♪ IN NEW YORK WE SHALL LIVE AND ♪ BE HAPPY!

♪ IN NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK ♪ IN NEW YORK THEY ARE LONGING FOR US ♪ ♪ IN NEW YORK, THEY ARE FOR US ♪ ♪ IN NEW YORK WE WILL WORK AND BE MERRY ♪ ♪ IN NEW YORK, WE'LL BE AT HOME AT LAST ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] OH GOD I NEVER EXPECTED YOU WOULD PUNISH ME THIS WAY.

I'M STARVING, BUT I CAN'T EAT.

>> THERE ARE NO CHAIR TO SIT ON, THERE IS NO SPACE TO REST.

WOMAN AND MEN AND CHILDREN TOGETHER, ALL STRANGERS, LYING BED OVER BED AND NO BREATH AND NO AIR.

THERE'S NO TIME TO THINK, TO BE ALONE.

THIS IS-- I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO NAPLES.

THIS ISN'T THE COUNTRY THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS!

FINE MESS THIS IS.

>> BUT WE'RE ROOSEVELT'S GUESTS.

SURELY HE DOESN'T KNOW!

>> AND LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THE MESS HALL!

HOT AS HELL!

>> SO SWEATY.

AND THE FOOD-- >> NOT SO BAD.

>> NO CHAIRS.

>> EATING WHILE STANDING UP?

NEVER HAVE I EVER!

>> IF THE GERMANS KNEW THAT WE THOUSAND JEWISH REFUGEES WERE GOING ACROSS THE OCEAN, THEY WOULD SURELY BOMB THE SHIP.

>> WE STARTED THIS TRIP IN A MAD HOUSE.

NOW WE CAN ELK KNECHT TO PEND IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

>> BED OVER BED, BED NEAR BED.

LIKE ON THIS SHIP!

>> HAD I NEVER LEFT FOR AMERICA!

>> DON'T SPEAK NONSENSE!

OVER THERE, FREEDOM, BROTHERHOOD, JUSTICE, THEY ARE WAITING FOR US!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHERE IS LUCK, WHERE IS ♪ FREEDOM, WHERE'S OUR FUTURE?

>> IVO LEDERER: IF YOU'RE COMING FROM WARTIME, WAR-DAMAGED EUROPE TO SEE THIS ENORMOUS SIGHT, LOWER MANHATTAN AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY • I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A DRY EYE ON DECK.

IVO LEDERER, REFUGEE ♪ ♪ >> NOT LIKE THE BRAZEN GIANT OF GREEK FAME WITH CONQUERING LIMBS ASTRIDE FROM LAND TO LAND; HERE AT OUR SEA-WASHED, SUNSET GATES SHALL STAND A MIGHTY WOMAN WITH A TORCH, WHOSE FLAME IS THE IMPRISONED LIGHTNING, AND HER NAME HER NAME MOTHER OF EXILES.

FROM HER BEACON-HAND GLOWS WORLD-WIDE WELCOME; HER MILD EYES COMMAND THE AIR-BRIDGED HARBOR THAT TWIN CITIES FRAME.

"KEEP, ANCIENT LANDS, YOUR STORIED POMP!"

CRIES SHE WITH SILENT LIPS.

"GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE.

SEND THESE, THE HOMELESS, TEMPEST-TOST TO ME I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!"

THE NEW COLOSSUS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ BLESSED BE THE DAY OF OUR ♪ COMING ♪ BLESSED YOU, COUNTRY OF OUR ♪ DREAM; ♪ NOW ALL OUR HEARTS ARE ♪ BLOOMING ♪ AND OUR TROUBLES FLOWN AWAY.

♪ LET US KISS THE BERTH OF ♪ FREEDOM ♪ KISS THE EARTH WHERE JUSTICE ♪ GREW; ♪ THROW BENEATH THE PAST TIMES ♪ GLOOM AND ♪ TAKE NEW COURAGE ON OUR WAY.

♪ FORCE AND BEAUTY BUILT THIS ♪ CITY; ♪ POWERFUL AND LIKE A FAIRY TALE ♪ GREETS US THE STATUE OF ♪ LIBERTY ♪ AMIDST THIS GLORY, LET'S BE ♪ GAY!

SNOT LET'S BE FREE ♪ ♪ FORCE AND BEAUTIEDY BUILT THIS CITY ♪ ♪ POWERFUL AND LIKE A FAIRY TALE ♪ GREETS US THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ♪ AMIDST THIS GLORY, LET'S BE FREE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> DAVID HENDEL: THE WHITEWASHED BARRACKS WERE ARRANGED IN NEAT ROWS, AND FOR SOME OF US CONJURED A STRANGE FEELING OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

WE FOUND THE BUILDING WITH OUR DESIGNATED NUMBER.

TO OUR SURPRISE, THE FLOOR WAS DIVIDED INTO APARTMENTS, AND THE ROOMS HAD ARMY COTS AND BLANKETS.

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!

DAVID HENDEL, REFUGEE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WALTER GREENBERG: I FELT DECEIVED.

I FELT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE.

I MEAN, I FELT WONDERFUL.

I HAD DOCTORS.

I HAD NURSES.

I HAD FOOD.

OSWEGONIANS WERE VERY KIND.

BUT WHAT GOOD IS IT TO HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES OF LIFE IF ONE STILL ISN'T FREE?

WALTER GREENBERG, REFUGEE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THEY INSPIRE OUR OWN YOUNGSTERS.

THEY WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT CITIZENSHIP, POLITENESS, AND THEY WERE VERY ANXIOUS TO CONFORM TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

I THINK THEY HAVE GREATLY STIMULATED OUR OWN BOYS AND GIRLS.

AN OSWEGO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHERE'S THE LUCK, WHERE IS ♪ FREEDOM, WHERE'S OUR FUTURE?

♪ WHERE'S THE LUCK, WHERE IS ♪ FREEDOM, WHERE'S OUR FUTURE?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> MOTHER: IS THIS THE ♪ HEAVEN'S ANSWER TO MY DOUBTS ♪ THE MIRACULOUS FINGER OF GOD ♪ FROM CLOUDS?

♪ IS THIS THE OPEN DOOR FOR US ♪ ENSLAVED?

♪ OH, THANK YOU, GOD, WHO US ♪ FROM HELL HAS SAVED!

♪ RELEASE US FROM THE FENCE, ♪ WHICH GRIEVES OUR MIND; ♪ GIVE FREE OUR WILL TO LIFE, TO ♪ WORK, TO TRUTH; ♪ CUT WITH YOUR SWORD THE KNOT, ♪ THAT KEEPS US BOUND; ♪ MELT WITH YOUR BREATH THE HATE ♪ AGAINST US JEWS ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY DEMOCRACY-CONSCIOUS.

THE CHILDREN LISTEN TO THE RADIO, THEY GO TO THE MOVIES, THEY STUDY THE CONSTITUTION.

THEY BRING THE WHOLE SPIRIT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS HOME TO THEIR PARENTS.

THEIR PARENTS ARE JUST AS CONSCIOUS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE CHILDREN ARE.

DR. RUTH GRUBER, AUTHOR AND US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ADMINSITRATOR WHO ESCORTED THE REFUGEES FROM ITALY TO OSWEGO.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I FEEL MYSELF A MONKEY ♪ IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN!

♪ ARE WE TO BE ON DISPLAY?

♪ THERE'S MISSING BUT THE ♪ WARDEN!

♪ WHAT ARE WE, A SENSATION ♪ FOR TEDIOUS PEOPLE'S PLEASURE?

♪ I CAN SEE ONLY PRISON ♪ NOT ROOSEVELT'S GUESTS IN ♪ LEISURE!

♪ WHAT WORLD ARE WE TO LIVE IN?

♪ WHAT HAVE WE THEN COMMITTED?

♪ ARE WE THE FOE - THE DRIVEN?

♪ A MURDERER - OUTWITTED?

♪ WE WERE THE CAST OUT PEOPLE I ♪ IN HITLER'S NAZIREICHEN: ♪ ARE WE THE OUTCASTS HITHER ♪ IN HIGHEST FREEDOM'S NATION?

♪ HOW CAN WE BEAR THIS MEASURE?

♪ IT DOES NOT STIR OUR VIGOR!

♪ THE FENCE LAYS ON US PRESSURE ♪ WE'LL BE DERANGED, I FIGURE!

♪ LOOK, HOW THESE CHARMING ♪ LADIES ♪ FEED KIDS WITH CHOCOLATE, ♪ CANDY!

♪ LIKE WE THREW NUTS IN CAGES ♪ WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND DANDY!

♪ BUT WE ARE TALKING NONSENSE ♪ AND NEVER COME TO REASON!

♪ WE'VE ONLY STAYED A FORTNIGHT ♪ AND NOT AN ENTIRE SEASON!

♪ EACH COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN LAW; ♪ WE CAN'T EXPECT MIRACLES; ♪ LET'S STAY SIX WEEKS IN THIS ♪ FORT!

♪ SOON TIME WILL TEACH YOU ♪ BETTER!

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE ARE IN A CAGE WITHOUT ♪ REASON ♪ WE ARE IN A CAGE, GOLDEN CAGE; ♪ WE'RE MISSING NOTHING BUT OUR ♪ FREEDOM ♪ ENJOY NEITHER LIFE, NOR THE ♪ WAGE.

♪ OUR HEARTS ARE SAD, NEGLECTED; ♪ OUR SPIRITS DOWN, DEJECTED; ♪ THE FENCE IS HIGH AND CLOSE ♪ AND ROUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND.

♪ WE ARE IN A CAGE WITHOUT REASON ♪ ♪ WE ARE IN A GOLDEN CAGE ♪ ♪ WE ARE MISSING NOTHING BUT OUR FREEDOM ♪ ♪ ENJOY NEITHER LIFE, NOR THE ♪ WAGE.

♪ OUR HEARTS ARE SAD, NEGLECTED; ♪ OUR SPIRITS DOWN, DEJECTED; ♪ THE FENCE IS HIGH AND CLOSE ♪ AND ROUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND.

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ YOU ARE SO SAD, MY BOY, MY ♪ DARLING!

♪ WHY MUST YOU MOURN AND CRY, MY ♪ CHARLY?

♪ MY LOVE SHALL HOLD YOU DEAR ♪ AND SOFTEN THE GLOOMY PICTURE ♪ AND SOFTEN THE GLOOMY PICTURE ♪ OF OUR FORT.

♪ WE ARE NOT KILLED YET, WE ARE ♪ LIVING!

♪ THEREFORE WE MUST BE GAY, FORGIVING ♪ ♪ THE DAY WILL COME SOON, DER OF ♪ GLORY!

♪ YOU WILL BE HAPPY, - WITH LORY!

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> CHARLY: ARE YOU, LORY, TRULY FOND OF ME, ARE YOU MY LOVE?

♪ WILL YOU TRY TO GUIDE AND LIGHTEN MY DREARY THOUGHTS ABOVE ♪ YOU ARE ALL I HAVE, MY HEAVEN ♪ YOU ARE MY EARTH, I LOVE YOU TRUE ♪ ♪ NEVER SHALL YOU LIFE LEAVE ME, NEVER SAY GOODBYE, I'D DIE OF WOE ♪ ♪ WILL YOU, SWEETHEART, TAKE MY ♪ TREMBLING SOUL IN TENDER ♪ GUARD?

♪ WILL YOU LAY YOUR LOVING ARMS ♪ AROUND ME, ROUND MY HEART?

♪ DARLING, GIVE ME ALL YOUR BEING IN A FIERY KISS ♪ ♪ I'LL FORGET THE FATAL PRISON ♪ IN YOUR SOFT ARMS GLORIOUS ♪ BLISS!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M TOLD THE REFUGEES ARE PRISONERS; WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE GUESTS - WHAT IRONY.

BECAUSE WE HAD NO STATUS UNDER THE LAW, SO WE EXIST IN A LEGAL VACUUM, UNDER A SENTENCE MORE CRUEL THAN THAT OF A COMMON CRIMINAL.

A SENTENCE OF UNCERTAINTY.

FOR WHAT HAVE WE CRIED BLOOD FROM OUR EYES AND MANKIND BEATEN ITS BREAST IN MIMITATION FOR US?

THAT WE SHOULD BE PRISONERS IN THE LAND OF PROMISE?

FOR WHAT FREEDOM IS AMERICA FIGHTING A WAR ABROAD, ONLY TO LOSE IT IN SHAME IN FORT ONTARIO?

ERNST WOLF, STORM IN THE SHELTER >> GOOD MORNING, SIR; PLEASE SHOW YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

>> REFUGEE 1: NUMBER 643 >> POLICEMAN: 643, O.K.

>> REFUGEE 1: BYE >> POLICEMAN: YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD, PLEASE.

>> REFUGEE 2: NUMBER 254, BACK, PLEASE >> POLICEMAN: 254, ALL RIGHT.

>> HAVE A NICE DAY,.

>> YOU, TOO.

>> PLEASE SHOW YOUR CARD.

>> REFUGEE 3: SURELY, NUMBER 258, PLEASE.

>> DID 85.

YOU MAY PASS.

>> NEXT WEEK?

>> NEXT WEEK.

>> YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD PLEASE.

>> NUMBER 197.

>> YES.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> 784.

>> NUMBER 784.

YOU HAVE BEEN OUT FOR SIX HOURS AND 15 MINUTES.

15 MINUTES MORE THAN YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.

GIF ME YOUR CARD.

GIVE ME YOUR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE FORT FOR TWO WEEKS.

PLEASE PASS.

>> THIS MAN HAS BEEN OUT FOR SIX DAYS.

WAS FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY.

HE DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO BE OUT FOR SIX DAYS NOR TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY.

>> YOU DID NOT PASS THE GATE HOUSE WHEN YOU LEFT.

HOW DID YOU GET OUT?

>> I WENT OVER THE FENCE I WANTED TO SEE MY CHILDREN, WHOM I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

WHAT SIN HAVE COMMITTED?

AM I A PRISONER?

I WAS FREE IN ITALY, BEFORE WE LEFT!

ARE WE ENEMIES?

IS THIS THE COUNTRY OF FREEDOM AND OF JUSTICE?

THE GERMAN PRISONERS HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN WE!

YOU BROKE THE RULES.

YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL.

TAKE HIM.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> REFUGEE 6: WHERE'S THE ♪ LUCK, WHERE IS FREEDOM, ♪ LUCK, WHERE IS FREEDOM, LUCK, WHERE IS FREEDOM, WHERE'S ♪ OUR FUTURE?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I THINK WE SHOULD WRITE OUR CONGRESSMEN PLEASE TO OPPOSE THIS PLAN TO ALLOW MR. ROOSEVELT'S REFUGEES IN OSWEGO, NEW YORK TO REMAIN HERE AND BECOME CITIZENS.

IT IS ARGUED THAT THERE ARE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A THOUSAND OF THESE PERSONS, THEY OFFER NO SERIOUS THREAT TO JOB-HUNTING VETERANS.

I INSIST THAT EVEN ONE BATTLE-SCARRED VETERAN DEPRIVED A JOB BY A REFUGEE IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.

THESE REFUGEES CAME IN UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE - A SHADY BUSINESS IN ITSELF - AND THEY AGREED TO THE TERMS OF TODAY SPECIAL ENTRY.

WE SHOULD INSIST THAT THEY ABIDE BY THEIR AGREEMENT AND RETURN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES.

SIGNED, NAVY MOTHER.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1945.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE PRESENT CONFINEMENT, BY WHATEVER NAME IT MAY BE CALLED OR UNDER WHATEVER GOOD INTENTIONS, IS NONETHELESS A CONCENTRATION CAMP.

I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> REFUGEES: WHERE'S THE LUCK, ♪ WHERE IS FREEDOM, WHERE'S OUR ♪ FUTURE?

♪ WHERE'S THE LUCK, WHERE IS ♪ FREEDOM, WHERE'S OUR FUTURE?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> CHARLY: WE ARE IN A CAGE ♪ WITHOUT REASON ♪ WE ARE IN A GOLDEN CAGE; ♪ WE'RE MISSING NOTHING BUT OUR ♪ FREEDOM ♪ ENJOY NEITHER LIFE, NOR THE ♪ WAGE.

♪ OUR HEARTS ARE SAD, NEGLECTED; ♪ OUR SPIRITS DOWN, DEJECTED; ♪ THE FENCE IS HIGH AND CLOSE ♪ AND ROUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND ♪ OUR HANDS AND FEET ARE BOUND.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> REFUGEE: BEHIND THE FENCE ♪ OF FORT ONTARIO ♪ WE ARE SITTING, AWAITING THE ♪ GLORIOUS DAY ♪ WHEN OUR UNCHAINED FEET MAY ♪ FINALLY GO ♪ OVER THE MOST WONDERFUL ♪ COUNTRY'S WAY.

♪ >>ALL: THERE IS NO FOOD, WE ♪ ARE LONGING FOR ♪ NO MATERIAL NEEDS, WE ARE ♪ SUFFERING; ♪ BECAUSE OUR HEARTS HAVE NEVER ♪ BEEN CARED FOR ♪ WE ARE SEVERELY, SEVERELY TROUBLED ♪ ♪ LIKE A LION IN THE CAGE ♪ WE ARE LOSING HEALTH AND MOOD; ♪ WE ARE LOSING HEALTH AND MIND LIKE A BIRD WHO TRIES TO FLY.

♪ FINDS ITS WINGS AND LET IT SOAR ♪ ♪ UNDERGONE LONG YEARS OF PAIN ♪ ♪ PERSECUTED GRIEVOUSLY ♪ ♪ SEPARATED FROM HUMANE ♪ SEPARATED FROM THE REST, LOSING OUR FAITH ♪ ♪ ALL OUR STRENGTHS ARE DYING DOWN ♪ ♪ LIFE FORLORN ♪ ♪ DREAM OF HAPPY LOVE IS GONE ♪ ♪ NEVERMORE ARE WE BORN ♪ ♪ >> CHARLY: THINK OF THE STATUE ♪ OF LIBERTY!

♪ WE SHAN'T MEET IT AGAIN; ♪ THERE IS NO HOPE, BUT MISERY!

♪ WE SHALL WAIT, BUT IN VAIN.

♪ ♪ ♪ VAIN ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IT HAS PLEASED GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM, TO TAKE US FROM US, THE IMMORTAL SPIRIT OF FRINGE LIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, THE 32nd PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE LEADER OF THIS PEOPLE IN A GREAT WAR, HE LIVED TO SEE THE ASSURANCE OF A VICTORY, BUT NOT TO SHARE IT.

HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WILL SORELY MISS HIS FORTITUDE AND FAITH AND COURAGE IN THE TIME TO COME.

PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, APRIL 13TH, 1945.

♪ >> CHARLY: THERE HAVE NOW ♪ 15 MONTHS GONE BY!

♪ WAR FINISHED LONG AGO!

♪ WE ARE NOT FREE, WE SLOWLY DIE ♪ IN FORT ONTARIO.

♪ IN FORT ONTARIO.

♪ IN FORT ONTARIO.

♪ OH, WOULD YOU FRANKLIN ♪ ROOSEVELT ♪ HEAR US FROM BEYOND THE STARS ♪ AND SEND AN ANGEL TO THE WORLD ♪ TO FREE US FROM THIS FARCE!

♪ TO FREE US FROM THIS FARCE!

♪ GIVE ORDERS, THAT THEY LET US ♪ STAY IN YOUR BELOVED FREE NATION; ♪ GIVE US THE LIFE THAT WE ♪ DESERVE ♪ AND PRAISE YOU IN ADMIRATION.

♪ AND PRAISE YOU IN ADMIRATION.

♪ >> ALL: OH, WOULD YOU FRANKLIN ♪ ROOSEVELT ♪ HEAR US FROM BEYOND THE STARS ♪ AND SEND AN ANGEL TO THE WORLD ♪ TO FREE US FROM THIS FARCE!

♪ TO FREE US FROM THIS FARCE!

♪ GIVE ORDERS, THAT THEY LET US ♪ STAY IN YOUR BELOVED FREE ♪ NATION; ♪ GIVE US THE LIFE THAT WE ♪ DESERVE ♪ AND PRAISE YOU IN ADMIRATION.

♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> OFFICER: ATTENTION!

ATTENTION, EVERYONE!

LISTEN!

>> HARRY TRUMAN: THE WAR HAS BROUGHT IN ITS WAKE AN APPALLING DISLOCATION OF POPULATIONS IN EUROPE.

THE PROBLEM IS ALMOST BEYOND COMPREHENSION.

RELATING TO ONE GROUP, A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ALIENS, A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMELANDS AFTER THE WAR • SURVEYS FIND THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE UNDER THE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

I AM THEREFORE DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ADJUST THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP WHO WISH TO STAY HERE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, DECEMBER 22ND, 1945.

[SHOUTING, LAUGHING] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ALL: NOW LET US PACK OUR ♪ TRUNKS ♪ AND FILL OUR HEARTS WITH SONG.

♪ THANKS, MR. ROOSEVELT FOR ♪ RIGHTING THIS WRONG.

♪ WE ARE STILL IN THE GOLDEN ♪ CAGE ♪ BEHIND THE HATED FENCE; ♪ BUT SOON THE GATE WILL OPEN ♪ FOR ALL OF US.

♪ WE SEND OUR THANKS TO ♪ ROOSEVELT ♪ WHO HEARD US BEYOND THE STARS; ♪ WHO ALSO SENT AN ANGEL HERE ♪ TO FREE US FROM THIS FARCE ♪ HIS HEART WAS KIND AND FULL OF ♪ GLORY ♪ AND IT WILL NEVER DIE; ♪ WE HOLD IT IN OUR MEMORY ♪ AND RAISE IT TO THE SKY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THIS BE THE DAY OF OUR COMING ♪ BLESS YOU COUNTRY OF OUR ♪ DREAMS ♪ NOW ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE ♪ BLOOMING ♪ AND ALL OUR TROUBLES FALL AWAY ♪ LET US KISS THE MOUTH OF ♪ FREEDOM ♪ AS WE WILL REJOICE THIS GROUP ♪ ROAMING IN THE PAST IT'S ♪ BLOOMING ♪ TAKING EVERY CHILD OF MANY ♪ FOR SOME BEAUTY OF THIS ♪ STATION ♪ POWERFUL LIKE A FAIRY TALE ♪ BRINGS US THE STATUE OF ♪ LIBERTY ♪ ON THIS THE GLORY ♪ LET'S BE FREE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE THANK THEE GOD, WHO EVER ♪ WAS ♪ WHO IS AND NEVER DYETH!

♪ THOU KEPT OUR FEET FROM THE ♪ ABYSS ♪ WE THANK TRUMAN AND ROOSEVELT ♪ WHO BROUGHT US ON THIS WAY ♪ AND GAVE US THE UNPARALLELED ♪ UNITED STATES FOR STAY ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THEIR HEARTS WERE KIND, FULL ♪ OF GLORY; ♪ THEIR DEED WILL NEVER DIE; ♪ WE KEEP IT IN OUR MEMORY ♪ AND RAISE IT TO THE SKY [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪