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> China was the only nation that welcomed refugees fleeing from pogroms in one era and fleeing concentration camps in another era, when nations like the U.S. wo
by saiya-jin 11y ago
> China was the only nation that welcomed refugees fleeing from pogroms in one era and fleeing concentration camps in another era, when nations like the U.S. would not let those ships dock.
Sources please, otherwise this sounds like an usual BS propaganda. One real example to contradict - in WWII, Switzerland was accepting (not only jewish) refugees when completely surrounded by Nazis/their allies. We are talking about tiny landlocked country just to be clear. When it would became clear that country can no longer feed its citizens and more incoming refugees, they decided to close the borders("das boot ist voll"), and still one canton - Geneva - said fk you, and keep them coming. Even when it was clear its not sustainable.
- qiqing 11y agoMy mom's childhood friend who was a Holocaust refugee has no reason to lie to me (about not being able to go to any other country they tried to escape to), I think. But here, I pulled up some sources to placate you guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Jewish_Refugees_Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Jewish_Refugees_Museu... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007091 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007091