Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis : Canada's anti-Semitic immigration policies in the twentieth century / Rona Arato.

By:

Arato, Rona

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Righting Canada's wrongs series | Righting Canada's wrongsPublication details: Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 2021.Description: 88 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cmISBN:

9781459415669 (hardcover)

Other title:

Canada's anti-Semitic immigration policies in the 20th century

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DDC classification:

305.892/407109044 23

Contents:

Prologue: The resilience of Jewish culture through history -- Come to Canada -- Anti-Semitism in Germany -- Anti-Semitism in Canada -- MS St. Louis -- Canada at war, 1939-45 -- Opening doors -- Acknowledging the past.

Summary: Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew closer, anti-Semitism across Europe was increasing. Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Then countries around the world closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and children looking for safety. They were turned away by Cuba, then the US. The ship sailed on to Canada. Despite pleas from the Canadian Jewish community, the government refused to allow the passengers to land in Canada. After war broke out, Canada continued to refuse Jewish refugees entry. When Britain forced Canada to take some refugees in, Canada imprisoned them in internment camps--alongside Nazis. Some of these Jewish refugees were only teenagers. Three years after the war ended and after the horrors of the Holocaust were universally known, Canada finally changed immigration policies and begin to accept Jews equally with other immigrants.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J Non-Fiction 300-399	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Non-fiction	J 305. 892 ARA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003253896

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew closer, anti-Semitism across Europe was increasing. Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Then countries around the world closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and children looking for safety. They were turned away by Cuba, then the US. The ship sailed on to Canada. Despite pleas from the Canadian Jewish community, the government refused to allow the passengers to land in Canada. After war broke out, Canada continued to refuse Jewish refugees entry. When Britain forced Canada to take some refugees in, Canada imprisoned them in internment camps--alongside Nazis. Some of these Jewish refugees were only teenagers. Three years after the war ended and after the horrors of the Holocaust were universally known, Canada finally changed immigration policies and begin to accept Jews equally with other immigrants.

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