Safe Haven Museum

Community members gathered at Fort Ontario Tuesday for a Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, event. The fort previously acted as a Holocaust Refugee Center during World War II.

Oswego Opera Theater is performing “The Golden Cage” this weekend. The opera was performed in 1945 and presumed lost before a chance encounter led to its rediscovery more than 75 years later.

This week, Oswego celebrated the small but significant role the city played during World War II. It was the only place in America to serve as a camp for…

Former Holocaust refugees and their families were among the speakers at an event honoring the 75th anniversary of nearly 1,000 refugees arriving from…

Monday is the 75th anniversary of when 982 mostly Jewish European refugees arrived in Oswego. President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought them to the…

After more than a year, Congress has passed legislation to study the feasibility of designating Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter…

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and central New York Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) toured the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Museum in Oswego last week,…

A bill that would have helped elevate Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Museum in Oswego to National Park status has died in the U.S.…

Ruth Gruber died last week at 105. She was an accomplished journalist and humanitarian. But in Oswego she is remembered and celebrated for the role she…

Ruth Gruber, who played a key role in helping Oswego’s Fort Ontario harbor nearly 1,000 refugees during World War II, has died. She was an accomplished…