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Offline TomSea

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Canada apologizes for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews
« on: November 07, 2018, 09:14:08 pm »
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Canada apologizes for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews

By Rob Gillies | AP
November 7 at 4:04 PM

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized Wednesday on behalf of his nation for turning away a ship full of Jewish refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany in 1939.

The German liner MS St. Louis was carrying 907 German Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and it also had been rejected by Cuba and the United States. The passengers were forced to return to Europe and more than 250 later died in the Holocaust.

Trudeau called the apology long overdue.

Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canada-apologizes-for-turning-away-nazi-era-ship-of-jews/2018/11/07/a2bc7078-e2cc-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.81476a43fdc4
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Re: Canada apologizes for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2018, 09:16:22 pm »
Justin's daddy didn't even want to fight the Nazis.
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Offline Frank Cannon

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Re: Canada apologizes for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2018, 09:16:59 pm »
I think they should be tried in Hague for this outrage and then if found guilty, executed.
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