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Charmion BS: A new political low take 2 (223* d) RE: BS: A new political low take 2 23 Dec 16


Who did better than Britain at providing sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Nazis?

Not Canada. Not the United States. Not Australia. Not any of the English-speaking countries.

The Dominican Republic, of all places, did better, offering settlement opportunities (accepted by only a few refugees) and, more importantly, travel papers that thousands used to find sanctuary elsewhere.

Bolivia was surprisingly welcoming, accepting some 20,000 Jewish refugees between 1938 and 1941.

The Mexican consul stationed in Marseilles under the Vichy regime was personally responsible for producing travel documents that allowed tens of thousands of Jews to get out of Europe via France. He was so successful that the Gestapo arrested him and his family, holding them in Germany for a year.

Check out the Holocaust Museum site for more information.




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