Professors who wrote the 2006 book “What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution” found that these kids were especially successful and in a different way than "usual". - - Donna Poisl
By SALLY K. SCOPA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Harvard physics professor Gerald Holton and researcher Gerhard Sonnert discussed in a study group yesterday the assimilation of German refugee children and the factors that contributed to their socioeconomic success in America.
To their surprise, Holton and Sonnert said that the group did not follow the usual model of assimilation, in which immigrants become familiar with the new country’s culture before achieving social and economic success.
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