In 1939, Canada refused desperate pleas for asylum by the captain of the St. Louis, a ship with more than 900 passengers. Most were Jews fleeing Germany.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
Ex-Guard, 94, at Nazi Camp Is Tried in German Juvenile Court
Johann Rehbogen is being tried for assisting in hundreds of murders while serving as a guard at the Stutthof concentration camp. He started work there when a teenager.
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