A Jewish immigrant landed at Ellis Island in New ... 1920s, popular books and magazines for the next four decades did not typically describe Ellis Island officials changing immigrant names. During ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries Ellis Island was the main processing centre for more than 12 million immigrants arriving from Europe. The Statue of Liberty, which was gifted to New York by ...

From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York to be 'processed'. They received a medical inspection and if they failed they were sent back to where they came from. For these ...