Quote:
Originally Posted by Walt.
Can you imagine if, in 1943, Winston Churchill announced that Great Britain would take in 10,000 Austrians. Most of them would be men between the ages of 17 and 45. They have no papers and speak German... but he knows they are Austrian because they told him so.
Instead of being the hero that we was, he would have been kicked out of office.
|
United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1941
Thought this was very interesting.
Context though is very important.