A nasty black mark against the U.S. for that time.
Considering what/who we had in power, and who our ambassadors were, it's understanding in retrospect, but not ever forgivable.
keith whaley
frank theriault wrote:
Sadly, receiving Jewish refugees from German persecution as WWII approached, and during WWII is something that no countries in the West were very good at.
Witness the SS St. Louis, which was refused entry in all ports of entry in North America. It had some 900 upper class Jews on board, trying to escape Nazi persecution. These people had money and expertise, and would have been an asset to any country's economy, but they were Jewish. They had to sail back to Europe in 1939. Undoubtedly, many or most of them died in the Holocaust. Perhaps of more significance, it sent a message to Hitler that the West didn't care about Jews, and that he could exterminate them with impunity.
A black day for Canada and the USA:
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regards, frank
