The restrictive quota system for southern and Eastern European Jews predated Nazism, going back to the 1920s, and perpetuated by antisemitism, xenophobia, and national security concerns that suspected Jews of being communists. History shows America failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.
