Nicholas Winton: The man who saved children from Hitler

Didn't know Joe used to live in Bratislava, you learn something new every day.

It's nice to be reminded once in a while that we aren't completely without redemption, as a species.

The author notes that in 1939 the problem wasn't getting Jews out of Germany, it was getting other countries to accept them.

It reminds me of something someone said in the past couple years, and I paraphrase:

"I have no idea what the future will hold but of one thing I am certain and that is a thousand years from now there will still be someone making plans to kill all the Jews."

An excellent book is None is to many. Canada roles prior to abd after WW2 and how the Jews were treated.
SS Soldiers, with the tatoo clearly removed found it easier to enter Canada than a Jew could.
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstu ... 6-2-4f.pdf

"None is too many" was the response given by a high-level Canadian government official when asked how many Jews should be accepted into
the country, during the time of the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

This phrase described the immigration policies of the Canadian government, which closed its doors to Jewish refugees* who were fleeing the Holocaust. During the Second World War,Canadian policies were anti-Semitic and Jewish refugees were treated differently than other European refugees.

Only 5000 Jewish refugees were allowed to enter Canada during the 12-year
period of the German Nazi regime. Most other Allied countries admitted
tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants in an attempt to save them from the
Holocaust. It was not until after the war that Canadian immigration policies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis