In 1948, the U.S. Congress admitted 200,000 Displaced Persons (DPs), but barred 90% of Jewish survivors who had been to Russia or Poland, suspecting them of being Communist agents. 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.
U.S. Congress barred thousands of Jews suspected of being Communist spies
Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins
