When Britain, USA, Rest of World Refused Refugees

Nadene Goldfoot                                                  

Chaim Weizmann, Jewish leader and Emir Feisal, Muslim leader  in Meetings in 1918 and Paris Peace Conference 1919.
We've had a rough time with the Arabs.  Hitler had introduced the Nuremberg racial laws in 1935, 
the most vicious anti-Semitic laws imaginable, and he received not complaints from the world about it, but silence, which meant acceptance to him.  The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood.  Jews were disenfranchised  and deprived  of most political rights.

 From the Arabs, however, he received telegrams and CONGRATULATION from all corners of the Arab world.  Feisal held out till later before he joined the bandwagon of hatred against Jews.  I suppose he didn't want to be different and lose his power.  

By 1936, when Nazis were feeling their oats and attacking Jews in Germany, Jewish immigration to Palestine was 66,472, highest since 1919.  In 1941, only 4,592 were able to get in with the Brits guarding the gates.
                                                                                     

We all know how the ship, SS St. Louis, was turned back from Cuba on May 13, 1939   and then the USA with over 900 Jewish refugees on board, and not allowed to enter their country.  250 were killed immediately after returning to Germany.                                                                            

SS George Washington carrying my uncle safely to New York,
May 11-14, 1939, two days earlier on a  voyage from Germany 

 My uncle, Werner Oster, was a lucky 22 year old since his parents had obtained a passport to the USA for him, and he boarded the SS George Washington on May 4th, 1939 that made it to New York City by the 11th.  They couldn't afford to get themselves out or their 16 year old daughter, Giesela,  as it had become nearly impossible for most, being attached to needing a  lot of money and documents.
                                                                         

Gisela Feldman, 15 year old passenger on St. Louis, lived to tell the story.  

Refugees had to have passports to their country, something many Jews were not able to do in view of the sudden attacks from Nazis in Germany on their families.

Palestine was a place these Jews should have found refuge in as Jewish leaders had procured their former land from the Allies in the 20's meetings, and was to have their assistance in creating a new Jewish Homeland out of their ancient one.  It had already been okayed through the League of Nations, the UN of that period, that it was to be the Jewish Homeland.
                                                                         

Rounding up Jews to take to death camps in Europe

Instead, Great Britain, who held a 30 year mandate over Palestine, closed the gates during WWII, just when Jews needed this land the most.  Hundreds of thousands of Jews found themselves stranded in Europe. Six Million Jews became victims of Hitler's Final Solution.

After the war, the Brits refused to allow the survivors of this Nazi nightmare to find sanctuary in Palestine.  Their mandate was not up until May 14, 1948, and the war was over in 1945.  They spent this time allowing Arabs to enter, instead.
                                                                               
By June 6, 1946, President Truman asked the British government to accept 100,000 Jewish immigrants who were being confined to displaced persons camps in Europe.  Can you imagine?  People had been rounded up and slaughtered in death camps by the Nazis all over Europe and then forced, kept past the war in another camp with barbed wire because no one wanted them in their country.

Britain's Foreign Minister, Ernest Bevin, was most sarcastic in his reply to Truman's request and threw back the retort that "the USA just wanted displaced Jews to immigrate to Palestine "because they didn't want too many of them in New York!"
                                                                                 

The Exodus, an illegal ship heading for Palestine, which departed from France on July 11, 1947, was filled to capacity with 4,500 Jewish refugees, making it the most populous boat to bear refugees to Palestine since the end of the Holocaust. For nearly the entire journey, the Exodus was followed by 6 British ships which, in spite of the Honduras flag which flew from its mast, had early on identified the Exodus as belonging to the struggling Jewish government in Palestine. In addition to the refugees, the Exodus carried 36 American volunteers and a cadre of Israeli Jewish volunteers largely dispatched from the Jewish Agency, the official governing body of the Jewish population in Palestine. Most of the emigrants were Holocaust survivors in France who had no legal immigration certificates for Palestine. Following wide media coverage, the British Royal Navy seized the ship and deported all its passengers back to Europe.  And to what?
Detention camps.  

Sometimes, where there's a will, there's a way, and the Jewish resistance organizations thought this was terrible, so they found a way to smuggle in  some dilapidated ships to reach Palestine.  Between August 1945 and the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, 65 "illegal to the Brits" immigrant ships, carrying 69,878 people, arrived from European shores.
                                                                             

Jews who survived 1945

In August 1946, the Brits still didn't want Jews to enter THEIR Palestine.  They began to intern those they CAUGHT in camps in Cyprus.  About 50,000 Jews were detained in these camps.  28,000 of them were still imprisoned when Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948.
                                                                         

Following the liquidation of the concentration camps of Europe, the British set up a detention camp in Cyprus for Holocaust survivors illegally trying to enter Palestine. From 1946 until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the British confined some 53,000 Holocaust survivors on the island. Once the State of Israel was created, most of the refugees made aliyah. In 1951, only 165 Jews remained on the island and in 1970, only 25 Jews were left. Those huts must have made the heat even worse.  The middle of summer (July and August) is usually hot, with an average maximum coastal temperature of around 33 °C (91 °F) during the day and around 23 °C (73 °F) at night. In the centre of the island – the highlands – the average temperature exceeds 35 °C (95 °F)).  

Therefore, one can see the cold- heart of the Brits who never changed their policy after World War II to allow the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust to settle in Palestine.  And why?  Because they were Jews.

"Within months of Germany's surrender in May 1945, the Allies repatriated to their home countries more than six million displaced persons (DPs; wartime refugees). " "Most Jewish survivors, who had survived concentration camps or had been in hiding, were unable or unwilling to return to eastern Europe because of postwar antisemitism and the destruction of their communities during the Holocaust. Many of those who did return feared for their lives. In Poland, for example, locals initiated several violent pogroms. The worst was the one in Kielce,  Kielce, Poland
50°50' N 20°40' E 159 km S of Warszawa in 1946 in which 42 Jews, all survivors of the Holocaust, were killed. These pogroms led to a significant second movement of Jewish refugees from Poland to the west.  At its peak in 1947, the Jewish displaced person population reached approximately 250,000. While the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) administered all of the displaced persons camps and centers, Jewish displaced persons achieved a large measure of internal autonomy.

At a time when Jews were faced with being murdered, they couldn't find a refuge.  The USA, also cold hearted as to their up-coming murder, had  immigration restrictions which strictly limited the number of refugees permitted to enter the country.  Most countries demanded baptismal certification, something Jews certainly didn't have.  

Jews had needed their own Homeland for the past 2,000 years, and needed it now more than ever.  "Holocaust survivors from displaced persons camps in Europe and from detention camps on Cyprus were welcomed into the Jewish homeland by the Jews. Many of them fought in Israel's War of Independence in 1948 and 1949. In 1953, Yad Vashem (The Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority), the national institution for Holocaust commemoration, was established.
                                                                              

4 Jews killed by Muslim Terrorists in France in 3 day killing spree

France was reeling after three days of attacks by Al-Qaida-linked terrorists left 20 dead.

With the situation today having Muslims who are refugees from war-torn lands and marauding ISIS Muslims cutting off anyone's heads who were not the same as they are, they are in need of a refuge, and are meeting some of the same objections, except that Jews were not trying to kill anyone in Europe.  They were BEING KILLED.    Jews were not trying to create their own caliphate nor were they on a proselytizing binge.    They were a minority group just living there, and as in the case of Germany, were already citizens. 

 I tried to get a Syrian friend with a Syrian passport  into the United State in 2013 who was in Egypt at the time, and could not do it.  His problem was that he had a Jewish mother unknown to the Syrian government, and wanted to get into either Israel or the USA as he was Jewish at heart.  He was college educated, brilliant, but not a PhD.  Now he's out of Egypt and back in Syria.  My Oregon Senator couldn't even help.  I felt  he was not a terrorist, but of course had no way of verifying this.    He remains in harm's way.  Today, this is the reasoning why refugees are not allowed into the USA in mass.  Too many have turned out to be terrorists.  It was not to be a problem with the Jews.  Then it was strictly anti-Semitism.  

Resource:  Myths and Facts; a concise record of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Mitchell G. Bard, Joel Himelfarb, page8,  9

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373131  St Louis ship, the ship nobody wanted

http://www.openu.ac.il/newsletter-eng/2013-1/exodus.html

https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005459

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Cyprus
Messages From A Syrian Jew Trapped in Egypt by Nadene Goldfoot

40% of Europeans Becoming Anti-Semitic Once Again

Nadene Goldfoot                                                    

Syrians entering Europe who were fighters, possibly now ISIS members.  This is the fear of seeing single males coming through.  

                                                                                                             
40% of Europeans now hold  anti-Semitic views such as they are behaving like Nazis.  This comes from the increase in their Muslim population of late due to the rise of radical Islam, the refugee crisis, BDS and the rise of the extreme political right in their politics.  It's led to the growth of gated communities for Jews for protection purposes.     "German Chancellor Angela Merkel says anti-Semitism is “more widespread” in Germany than some believe and that action is needed to “deal with it – especially among young people… from countries where hatred of Israel and the hatred of Jews is widespread.”             

Other Muslim refugees come by boat and seem to be safe. "The desire for heightened caution in the wake of a terrorist attack is understandable, but the rhetoric from those who think it's impossible to safely take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, out of the more than 4 million who have left their country, goes beyond a simple call for vigilance."  Now we see that even taking in Syrians brings about a growth of anti-Semitism with them.    

                                                                           

Refugees blocked in Turkey on the way to Europe

Back to 1933 and the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany.  This was after World War I but was taking place after the Balfour Doctrine when the plans for Israel were now on the table with the League of Nations.
                                                                         

Husseini and Hitler, 1941 Meeting to talk about the Jews

We saw Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Sherif of Jerusalem, who I call the big fish in the little pond, instigated riots with the Muslims in Jerusalem in 1929 and thereon.  This was also the time of an economic crash with the stock market in the USA which probably affected Europe as well.  Wasn't this said to be the time Germans had to take a wheelbarrow full of paper money to buy a loaf of bread?
                                                                       

Muslims Marching to Austria

Now the Europeans in their brilliant way are blaming the Jews for defending themselves when the Muslims attack them to kill.  The Europeans couldn't stop the Nazis who attacked them and had to rely on the USA to bring about an end of WWII.
                                                                           

Jewish school, class pre-war picture from Karlsruhe, Germany

Germany had lost 3,500,000 soldiers and  700,000 civilians with a total of 4,200,000 deaths from WWII.
The Axis altogether lost 8,268,000 people.  This included Germany, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Italy, Austria and Finland.  "According to the census of June 16, 1933, the Jewish population of Germany, including the Saar region (which at that time was still under the administration of the League of Nations), was approximately 505,000 people out of a total population of 67 million, or somewhat less than 0.75 percent."  Yet Hitler had the audacity to blame all their problems on the Jews, who weren't even 1% of their population! 
                                                                       

USA Soldiers 

The Allies lost 39,963,700 people from 24 different countries.  Out of this number, the USA and Canada were not attacked so there were no civilian deaths.  They lost 400,000 soldiers.  Canada lost 37,000 soldiers.
                                                                       
It must not be forgotten that the Jews were almost exterminated by the murder of 6,000,000 (6 million).  Now the Europeans have turned around and are calling Israelis Nazis?  For shame!  Ignorance knows no barriers, except through education!

There was no Israel when the Holocaust occurred from 1939 to 1945.  Israel came about from the growth of anti-Semitism in Russia with constant pogroms against Jews, and from Easter pageants held against Jews.  It came from a mindset of the Europeans that held that Jews were a lower form of people, even when they excelled.  It came from jealousy and avarice and the desire for power..

Muslims and Jews have different beliefs even though they both believe in one G-d and both live in the Middle East.  Jews are not eager to die.  They hold onto life as much as humanely possible.  Muslims, on the other hand, have the religious belief in that if they die as martyrs for their religion, they will gain immediate rewards including 72 virgins for eternity.  They have been putting Jews in a bad light by dying eagerly for the cause!

Jews are holding onto Israel with all their might that their 6 million population of today can bring forth.  They lost their Israel twice; once in 722 BCE to the Assyrians when the original Israel was attacked and 10 of the 12 tribes were kidnapped.  It happened again to the southern part of Israel named Judah for the remaining tribe who lived there in 70 CE.  This is when Rome had occupied Jerusalem and then decided to burn the city and the Temple down.

Christians have had their times of being reborn again Christians.  Well, we are having our rebirth that finally happened after 2,000 years of patiently waiting for the right time, and here we are-like it or not!  Israel has done more good by creating inventions in medicine and other technologies since 1948 than any European country has  since that same period that have benefited the world.
                                                                         

And what have the Muslims contributed?  Nada.  Nothing.  Only tunnels and bombs used against Israel.  While they try to kill off the Jews, the Jews patch up their people who were in harm's way.  At the same time, there have been Muslims who were eager to die for their cause and put themselves in harms way-either that or their leaders did the dastardly deed.

When Israel was created in 1948, they had a population of 650,000 Jews.  Today they have 6 million for their  one Jewish state.  The Muslims, on the other hand, have had 48 Muslim majority states in the world.  Of course, they have now lost Syria and Iraq to IS as their new caliphate, but that is their own fault.  This is also not counting any new Palestine!  With a population that is killing each other, the Muslim population in the world is about 1.6 BILLION.  This is against 6 MILLION Jews and 1.7 MILLION MUSLIMS who are Israelis.

Israel is not just another state in the world.  It is the ONLY JEWISH STATE and must keep their population to reflect this.  You don't have to be a mathematician to understand this.   It was created to be the haven for Jews suffering from anti-Semitism in the world.  It looks like there is no end to this problem with what is happening to Europe today with 40% of the population being anti-Semitic.

Back in August of 2013, I tried to bring in one Syrian male, age 32 and single, who had a Jewish birth mother and Muslim father and who was raised in a Muslim home.  I could have stood on my head, but nothing I could do could bring this young man into the USA due to religious persecution being he was considered to be Jewish by his family.  He had to remain a secret Jew like the Sephardic Spanish Jews of 1492.  At the time, our State Department had announced that they would admit 2,000 Syrian refugees.  I don't know how they were selected, but no one needed to get out more than this young man who wanted to practice his Judaism and not be a Muslim.  Even Senator Wyden gave me no hope of ever getting him out unless he was a special atomic scientist or something similar.  At this time, a friend, a female friend at that, could not get a male Syrian out and into the USA.  Now the floodgates have been opened, at least in Europe.  At the time, it was not that hard to get into Great Britain, however.  All it ever took was money.

Now, 10,000 refugees will be entering the USA.  " The first transport of Muslim so-called “refugees” just arrived in New Orleans recently and will be resettled in Louisiana and 180 other American communities. " " fact, our own DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson actually said “we don’t know a whole lot” about Syrian refugees coming into America, and that DHS has “no active protocol” for properly screening them." "Jeh Charles Johnson (born September 11, 1957) is an American civil and criminal trial lawyer, and the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. He was the General Counsel of the Department of Defense from 2009 to 2012 during the first Obama Administration."  

Update: 1:10pm--Up to date facts about the refugees arriving in New Orleans and the 180 other cities are not online.  A lot of bogus information about it is online.  Whether or not they have arrived and have been vetted is not known.  This vetting process has been said to take 2 years, and certainly if they have just arrived, they have not been vetted.  As to whether or not this is even possible to do will be amazing since all of their government records will have been lost.  I doubt if anyone can be vetted properly.  

The 10,000 Syrian refugees are first flown to the United States, according to the French news wire Agence France-Presse, with the State Department paying the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the airfare. "

Update: 10:07pm:  Fact: . Since the conflict in Syria began in Fiscal Year 2011, the United States has admitted just over 2,200 Syrian refugees. In Fiscal Year 2016, the Administration remains committed to its goal of resettling at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/11/250005.htm.   This means it has yet to happen in this year.
 9:53am 1/27/16   I just verified this with the rep in Sen. Wyden's office who handles refugee questions.  Refugees have been coming into the USA but only after vetting which has sometimes taken as long as 3 years.  For some it will be impossible to enter if vetting can't occur.  

Will my friend be among them?  I doubt it.The last thing he ever wanted to have happen to him was to be resettled for life in a refugee camp.  How these 10,000 will be handled should be different than what has happened in refugee camps in Jordan where they do live in camps.

What can be done about the 40% of Europeans that are admitting anti-Semitic feelings?  Education.  Education and more education.  Ignorance is not bliss.  It's leading to the deaths of innocents.  Muslims have to undertake some education about Jews and Israel.  They've been so brainwashed, it's almost impossible to change their hearts and minds.  It would help immensely if Europeans were better educated too, so they could combat the false allegations when they are confronted with them.  It all starts in the home with the little children.

Resource:  http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/01/24/shocking-new-israeli-report-over-40-of-europeans-hold-antisemitic-views/
http://warchronicle.com/numbers/WWII/deaths.htm
http://www.infowars.com/pictures-show-jihadist-militants-entering-europe-as-refugees/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dangerous-syrian-refugees-photos_us_564baae2e4b08cda348b5499
Messages from a Syrian Jew Trapped in Egypt by Nadene Goldfoot, on amazon.com -a book telling about the refugee situation with Syrians in a novel setting; true story.
http://toprightnews.com/breaking-theyre-here-first-load-of-10000-syrian-refugees-has-arrived-in-new-orleans/
Update: from November 14, 2015 : http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/gov_jindal_demands_more_inform.html-gov. of Louisiana needing more information on refugees to be arriving.
http://toprightnews.com/breaking-theyre-here-first-load-of-10000-syrian-refugees-has-arrived-in-new-orleans/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/16/politics/syrian-refugees-u-s-applicants-explainer/
http://www.allenbwest.com/2016/01/flashback-germany-admits-new-huge-problem-from-refugee-crisis/
http://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2013/06/jewish-contributions-in-medicine-for.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Europe