Shelter of humanity: Turkey’s history with Jewish refugees
BY AHMET GÜNHAN ANKARA APR 03, 2017 – 12:00 AM GMT+3 Anatolia’s rich and abundant lands have always been welcoming to people who have fled their homeland seeking shelter and the […]
Austrian law extends citizenship to descendants of Jewish refugees
Tim O’Donnell © ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images Austrian flag. Descendants from Jewish refugees expelled from Austria under Nazi rule can apply for Austrian citizenship under a new law that goes into […]
Trudeau apologises for Canada’s 1939 refusal of Jewish refugee ship
Reuters International Nov 7, 2018 (reuters_tickers) By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologised on Wednesday for the country’s 1939 refusal to take in […]
When the Sultan took in Jewish refugees
By +972 Blog |Published January 25, 2018 Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, saved my family’s life during the Spanish Inquisition. The Israeli government could learn a […]
Anne Frank and her family were also denied entry as refugees to the U.S
“Anne Frank could be a 77-year-old woman living in Boston today – a writer” Elahe IzadI A picture of Anne Frank lies in front of her memorial stone Getty Many have noted the historical parallels between the current debate over Syrians seeking refuge in the United States and the plight […]
Jews rescued from the Nazis believe in helping Muslim refugees
Jewish children with no home and, soon, no parents, were not really welcome in the United States during World War II Petula Dvorak THE INDEPENDENT Our nation of immigrants has […]