Online exhibit details how thousands of German and Austrian Jews were arrested in Britain and shipped overseas, where they were kept together with Nazi POWs in harrowing conditions
They fled the Nazis to Mandate Palestine in 1940, only to be deported and, over Churchill's objections, locked up for 5 years; August 12 marks 75 years since their release
Online exhibition reveals the sometimes tragic, sometimes jubilant stories of German Jews resettled by Britain in the early days of WWII, many of whom would fight with the Allies
Late 1930s Open Doors policy of leader Manuel Quezon that saved over 1,200 Holocaust refugees is commemorated at recent events in Tel Aviv and United Nations, and in new films
At NYC premiere of 'Nobody Wants Us,' filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny says US first lady's efforts to save Jews aboard the SS Quanza should be emulated today
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