Re: Jews moving from Nazi Germany
LISA DODSON (dodsonl@CHEROKEE.NSUOK.EDU)
Tue, 6 May 1997 13:20:04 CDT
>
> One of the dark blots on American history is our refusal (in 1938, I
> think it was) to accept a shipload of Nazi refuguees (the ship was
> named to "St. Louis," if I remember correctly), The shipload had also
> been rejected by Cuba and Argentina and other countries. As a result,
> it had to return to Germany, where many of the passengers ended up in
> concentration camps, and many died. At that time, the rest of the
> world was about as anti-semitic as Germany, but stopped short of
> killing or torturing. Nobody wanted a shipful of Jewish refugees. But
> it is Roosevelt's and America's shame that despite what the statue of
> liberty says we refused them entry.
>
> -- The American Soldier
>