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Voyage echoes of St Louis and Syria refugee debate
The piece recalls the 1939 SS St Louis crisis when 900 Jewish refugees were turned away near Florida, linking it to 2015 Syria refugee admissions. It contrasts public fear, political stances, and historical regret with voices from survivors, analysts, and officials on screening and humanity.
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Miami
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Florida
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Miami Beach
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Europe
Congress
U.S. State Department
Barack Obama
Syria
Herbert Karliner
Aventura Baker
Hitler
Neptune
N.J
Karliner
Defense Department
Eva Weiner
Paris
Greece
Washington Post
Robert Krakow
Boca Raton
Cuba
Weiner
Havana
Canada
Gustav Schroeder
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Great
Britain
England
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Carter
Clinton
Obama
Eizenstat
U.S
South Vietnam
Batvinis
FBI
Korea
Carl Juste
Miami Herald
TNS
Aventura
Fla