Anti-Syrian Muslim Refugee Rhetoric Mirrors Calls to Reject Jews During Nazi Era

http://theintercept.com/2015/11/18/syrian-jews-refugees/
Date Written:  2015-11-18
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18330

During the 1930s and early 1940s, the United States resisted accepting large numbers of Jewish refugees escaping the Nazi terror sweeping Europe, in large part because of fearmongering by a small but vocal crowd. In recent days, similar arguments are being resurrected to reject Syrian refugees.