Why America Closed Its Doors to Anne Frank

Arutz Sheva ^ | 2-20-07 | Dr. Rafael Medoff

[Rummenigge]

This is a couraged article.

[Nailbiter]

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[nwrep]

FDR - The worst president of the 20th Century!

[ikka]

Long had the full backing of President Roosevelt.

In other words, FDR killed Anne Frank!

- Amazing how the word "Democrat" does not appear in this article, isn't it?

[SJackson]

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[SJackson]

In other words, FDR killed Anne Frank! - Amazing how the word "Democrat" does not appear in this article, isn't it?

I don't see where the author made that accusation. She, like hundreds of thousands of others could have been saved if the world had found somewhere for them to go, but that's not killing. The relevance of Democrat eludes me, Republican's weren't in favor of increased immigration.

[Nextrush]

A very interesting part of the story that I had questions about. I always wondered why Otto Frank didn't try to get farther away from Germany than Holland.

FDR must have been playing politics with members of Congress in order to get other parts of his agenda (Lend Lease, the draft, etc.) through. And to be sure, those members were very anti-immigrant and racist.

Which reminds me, do we have a Mexican quota in the immigration law?

[SMARTY]

Very timely... to vilify any one here and now who wants to restrict/contro that mess on the border down ther.

[SJackson]

A very interesting part of the story that I had questions about. I always wondered why Otto Frank didn't try to get farther away from Germany than Holland.

For most Jews there was nowhere to go. Even Palestine had been shut off by the Brits in the late 1930s. 3/4 of Germany's Jewish population managed to flee Germany, most couldn't make it out of Europe.

[buck61]

The original version of the immigration bill had been introduced in Congress with a report by the chief of the United States Consular Service, Wilbur Carr, characterizing Jewish immigrants as "filthy, un-American, and often dangerous in their habits... lacking any conception of patriotism or national spirit."

You want get a response such as this in today's America.

[Carolinamom]

FYI

[Savage Beast]

"Long had the full backing of President Roosevelt."

Say, to what politial party did President Franklin Roosevelt; Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long; and the chief of the United States Consular Service, Wilbur Carr, belong???

And incidentally, what was the present Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd doing at the time???

[Red6]

Even before declaration of war against us, we were on bad terms with Germany and other Axis powers or their occupied territories. Of course we were cautious of people coming from "threat" countries. Contrary to popular belief, there were numerous acts of sabotage and espionage against us in both WWI and WWII.

This is a one sided piece in that neglects the context of time. I suggest anyone who reads this also reads a little about the Black Tom Explosion in WWI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_Explosion

Why don't we allow thousands from Iran, Libya, Syria or Iraq into the US today? There are many Kurds that are oppressed in in Northern Iran, we should let them all in right? This article defies common sense.

[Michael81Dus]

Safe havens were Sweden, Switzerland and Britain, all of these fearing a German invasion. Way too many Jews believed that it couldn´t get any worse, until it did.

[OldFriend]

My father's family escaped to Argentina before the second world war.

My grandmother's family went into the ovens.

[LWalk18]

Say, to what politial party did President Franklin Roosevelt; Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long; and the chief of the United States Consular Service, Wilbur Carr, belong???

And what about the Republicans? Were they for Jewish immigration? Were they for entering the war any sooner than we did?

[OldFriend]

Jews forced into ghettos, constantly subjected to pogrums.....and then excoriated for not being 'civilized' enough for polite society.

One thing for sure, thru it all, learning learning learning, reading reading, studying, studying, never was ignored.

[Savage Beast]

"FDR - The worst president of the 20th Century!"

He was very bad. However, think about it. With the notable exception of Harry Truman, every Democrat President since the very bad President Franklin Roosevelt has been worse than the previous one. This trend can be expected to continue.

[Drango]

We need to immediately take in every refugee from anywhere in the world.