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...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...
...Holton and Sonnert also found that children whose parents had been professional workers in Germany were three times more likely to become professionals in the United States...
Among other explanations, Holton pointed to the amount of responsibility required of children who endured the oppression of Nazi Germany and negotiated their own immigration efforts...
...example, many refugee children were charged with obtaining immigration documents for their parents, who could not safely leave the house without a Swastika, according to Holton...
...Holton and Sonnert are currently awaiting the publication of their new book, which applies their findings about the German refugee children to modern-day immigrant populations...