A century ago, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, one of the world's greatest public hospitals was built. Massive and modern, the hospital's twenty-two sta

Burdened with bundles and baskets, a million or more immigrant children passed through the often grim halls of Ellis Island. Having left behind their homes in E

A moving story about one family's daring journey from Poland to America and their hope for a better future in their new home. Krysia does not want to leave her

A story of those who entered the new world through Ellis Island in their own words.

For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alon