Canada Failed Jewish Refugees Fleeing the Nazis

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This factsheet explains the history of Canadian antisemitic policy and the rejection of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi regime.

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Abella, Irving, and Harold Troper. “‘The Line Must Be Drawn Somewhere’: Canada and Jewish Refugees, 1933–9.”Canadian Historical Review 60, no. 2 (June 1, 1979): 178–209.https://doi.org/10.3138/CHR-060-02-04.

The Holocaust, World War Two

Antisemitism, Confronting Prejudice, genocide, History of Antisemitism, Immigration, Inclusions & Exclusions, Legal History, Movement for Change, Nativism, Organized Resistance, Othering, Racist Hierarchies, Racist Legislation, Social Ideas and Power, State Sanctioned Violence

A.A. Heaps, Ernest Lapointe, Frederick Charles Blair, Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Sam Factor, Sam Jacobs

Canada, Europe, Germany

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