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The St. Louis Apology: Let Us Applaud Our Country For Acknowledging Errors

11/07/2018 08:43:21 AM

Nov7

 

On the afternoon of Wed. Nov. 7th, In a historic moment, the Canadian government will issue an apology for turning away the MS St. Louis in 1939. Please see Eli Rubenstein’s article on this important subject in this week’s Canadian Jewish News. 

As a matter of interest, Habonim's first President was Berlin born George Spitz. His wife and children (who were on the St. Louis) and Spitz lived out the war years in England before immigrating to Canada. Spitz’s family were among the lucky ones - of the original 936 refugees, a little over 700 survived but 254 perished in Auschwitz, Sobibor and other locations. 

Please see:

http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/rubenstein-let-us-applaud-our-country-for-acknowledging-errors

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