The story of the settlers has been published in many newspapers around the world. Here is only a small sample of what we have gathered so far, as well as titles to different articles with information on the settlers and their history.
Below are some of the titles of articles published in the New York Times about Sosúa after 1939 :
DOMINICAN HAVEN SET UP FOR EXILES; Trujillo Signs Contract to Put 500 Families on Land…January 31, 1940 – Article
DOMINICAN ACCORD ON REFUGEES NEAR; AMERICAN-MADE BOMBERS REACH ENGLAND FOR WAR SERVICE February 12, 1940 – Article
35 REFUGEES SAIL FOR DOMINICAN PORT; Group Will Form Nucleus of Experimental Colony of 500 at Sosua… April 24, 1940 Article
NEW-WORLD HAVEN FOR WAR REFUGEES …April 28, 1940 Article
First 37 for Sosua Settlement Reach Dominican Land of Refuge; Exiles From Central Europe Have High … May 9, 1940 Article
DOMINICAN WAYS PUT EXILES AT EASE; Central Europeans Inspect Capital as Departure for Sosua … May 10, 1940 Article
EXILES ON LAST LAP TO DOMINICAN SITE; Refugees Leave Capital by Bus on 240-Mile Drive to Sosua Sett… May 11, 1940 Article
EXILED EUROPEANS REACH SOSUA HOME; New Colonists in Dominican Republic Excitedly Scan Their Settlem… May 12, 1940 Article
Italian Action Strands Refugees; Removal Through England Sought; Several Hundred Bound for the Domi… June 12, 1940 Article
DOMINICAN REFUGE June 13, 1940 – Editorial
TRUJILLO EXTENDS REFUGEE ASYLUM; Agrees to Allow 1,000 More Youths and Children to Enter Dominican … June 18, 1940 – Article
DOMINICANS TAKE REFUGEES AGAIN; Movement Halted When Italy Entered War is Resumed With Aid of U.S. … September 19, 1940 – Article
18 REFUGEES SAIL FOR SOSUA COLONY; Five Children in Group Bound for Dominican Refuge, the Youngest … September 20, 1940 – Times Wide World – Article
44 OFF TO REFUGEE HAVEN; Germans, Czechs, Austrians Sail for Dominican Republic..October 20, 1940 – Article
REFUGEE PLAN EXTENDED; Dominican Republic Colonies to Include Austrian Catholics …November 16, 1940 – Article
AUSTRIAN REFUGEES GO TO SOSUA HAVEN; Group of 35 Who Arrived Here Monday From Lisbon Sail for Domin… November 29, 1940 – Article
SOSUA EXILES WIN LIVING FROM SOIL; Steady Progress Reported in Struggle to Build New Home in Domini… December 1, 1940 – Article
Sosua Colony Member Speaks …December 30, 1940 – Article
32 NATIONS WILL MARK SOSUA ANNIVERSARY; Meeting at Ciudad Trujillo to Observe First Year January 5, 1941 – Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. – Article
TRUJILLO EXPANDS LAND GIFT AT SOSUA; Adjacent 50,000-Acre Tract Made Available as Resort for Europe… January 11, 1941 – Article
50 REFUGEES REACH DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; Half Dozen Couples in Group Plan to Be Married at Once …January 15, 1941 – Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. – Article
DELEGATES DEPART FOR EXILES’ COLONY; Sail for Dominican Republic to Mark First Anniversary of the S… January 24, 1941 – Article
1,000 MORE TO JOIN REFUGEES’ COLONY; Intergovernmental Committee Told of Plans for Sosua Site in Do… January 31, 1941 – Article
ROSENBERG LAUDS SOSUA COLONISTS; Head of Dominican Republic Resettlement Association Tells of Progr… March 2, 1941 – Article
DOMINICAN HAVEN PRAISED AS MODEL; Brookings Institution Study Finds Success of Refugees Would Spur … September 11, 1942 – Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. – Article
TRUJILLO IS GLOOMY ON REFUGEE COLONY …May 18, 1947 – Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. – Article
DOMINICAN HAVEN FOR JEWS WANING; Sosua, Despite Hardships, Aids Republic, but Few Come to Replace D…March 29, 1953 – By HERBERT L. MATTHEWS – Article
SOSUA’S REFUGEES …February 8, 1959 – PIERRE MORELL – Letter
DOMINICAN TOWN IS JEWISH COLONY; Thriving Food Industry Has Been Built by Refugees …October 17, 1965 – By PAUL HOFMANN – Article
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