Jewish And Syrian Refugees

Imagine not having a safe spot. A place where you don't feel protected. A place where you're not frightened. A place where you're not scared of dying if you don't leave immediately. In Refugee by Alan Gratz three characters are refugees in different times, going through the same experience of fleeing the life they knew. The 1930’s: Josef, a Jewish boy living through the Holocaust, must flee Germany on a ship headed to Cuba. 1994: Isabel, a Cuban girl living through riots and protests, flees Cuba on a makeshift boat after the Soviet Union collapsed. 2015: Mahmoud, a Syrian boy living through the Syrian Civil War, must leave Syria with his family after his home is bombed. All three of these realistic characters are experiencing the same journey,

To fully understand the importance of the Jewish Refugee question, it is important to understand the context of what was happening in Nazi controlled Germany at the time. The Nazi regime did not start with killing all Jews, though that was how it ended. It started with a concentrated effort to exclude Jewish persons from every level of society, from

The U.S policy towards Jewish refugees was brutal as the German military swept through Europe. It became more difficult for refugees to flee, and fewer passenger liners crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Also, immigration officials tightened policies for immigrants and nonimmigrants. (“The United States Policy Towards Jewish Refugees,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) During this period of time this policy made it extremely hard for Jewish refugees to escape Nazi persecution especially since most countries had immigration policies. Refugees trying to flee weren't allowed to enter these countries because they feared that the refugees could be Nazi spies. After 1941 it was nearly impossible for Jewish refugees to escape, not only because Jews were prohibited, but they were also afraid because attempting this put their lives on the line. Jews in Germany could legally leave

1st, the Jews and the Syrian refugees were trying to escape danger. The Jewish people wanted to escape from the Holocaust. The Syrian refugees had to abandon their homes because of the war. The Syrian people and Jews weren't threats to the U.S.

My initial questions were dealing with the settlement of Syrian refugees, but as I looked into my primary source I noticed that it was dealing with a different ethnic group and different time era, so that shifted my focus from Syrian refugees to the differences between the two groups and differences between the type of treatment each received. Secondly when I looked at the article I was able to identify a difference in the perception of each group of refugees. In the article I was able to see that there was a focus on homeland security and a precaution for a possible terrorist threat. However, in the primary source there was not a focus on homeland security, but rather security and settlement of the Jewish refugee. Lastly, with the third source my focus becomes broader, since the last source focused on various perspectives of refugees in

On September 1, 1939 war broke out after Germany invaded Poland. The harsh act led to many more invasions and battles. During the holocaust, Germany moved Jews by the thousands to concentration camps all throughout Germany. These camps tortured Jews in different ways such as gas chambers, hanged them, and burned them alive in large groups. In total, Hitler and his followers killed 11 million people. 6 million of them Jewish and 1 million children(Wikipedia). Jews were trying to flee from the country. Some were able to aboard the SS St. Louis. Captain, Gustav Schröder stepped up to get refugees to safety in another country. This was one of many ways Jews escaped the country.

During Hitler’s reign over Germany many Jews choose to flee the country in hopes of finding a safer place to live.

Many parallels exist between the events of Kristallnacht, the voyage of the S.S. Saint Louis, and the Syrian refugee crisis. First of all, in all of the events the people in need are turned down by other countries. In the past, during the times of Kristallnacht and the S.S. St. Louis, 32 countries gathered to talk about these events, but only one country, the Dominican Republic, offered to take in many refugees. During the presidential debates this year, one Republican candidate, Chris Christie, said that he would be opposed the letting Syrian refugees settle in our country. Also, in both instances, people were were and are used as scapegoats. Currently, Syrian Muslims are used as scapegoats for all the terrorism are fighting happening in the

Today a very similar situation presents itself in the Middle East. Thousands of Syrians are seeking refuge in neighboring countries and overseas. History may never see such horrible events take place like those of the holocaust, but today tens of thousands of innocent people are being killed in Syria, and thousands more are fleeing the country to seek refuge.

Some people think it’s an excellent proposition sanctioning Syrian refugees, although the other percentage don’t trust the very same notion and alternatively believe it’s an unacceptable idea. 13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance due to a violent civil war that began in 2011.[5] Most Syrian refugees remain in the Middle East, in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt; slightly more than 10 percent of the refugees have fled to Europe.[5] The plight looks and sounds roughly identical to the complex condition of Jewish refugees escaping during the 1930s and 40s, but how can the two groups be similar by occurrence? Initially, Americans sensed concern by the concept of refugees entering into the country, because of refugees taking away American jobs. Americans were primarily concerned with economics in 1939 while today’s fears are related to safety, many replied.[6] Right now, numerous Americans are frightened of the notion that accepting Syrian refugees into the United States would construct terrorism in the country, seeing that countless Syrians are coming from regions that were captured over by ISIS. A second cause for the resemblances is the fact that these two categories arrived from warring-countries. The Jews and Syrians both came from countries that threatened them, and both have largely been rejected by international

The situations and cause for the Jews and the Syrians are different. The Jewish people have tried to escape discrimination and the high likelihood of extermination over their religion. The Syrians are trying to get away from the conflict in the Middle East and only some due to their religion. The Jews were turned away due to suspicion of harboring a spy, but the reason was unfounded. However with the Syrians, the likelihood of bringing in an extremist is high and possibly over two hundred ISIS sympathizers currently in the US. (2) Also the US barely accepted any Jewish refugees, but allowed about two thousand Syrian and may accept ten thousand later.

Two articles about refugees are similar and different in many ways. The first article by the Associated Press, talks about the similarities and differences between the Holocaust and today's time. A Jew who experienced the Holocaust as a young boy, says that he sees the similarities between his experience and those fleeing Syria, but it isn't the same. The second article by the Fresno Bee, talks about a Syrian family who fled their country due to violence. It also talks about the millions of people displaced by Syrian conflict.

The Nazis, between 1933 and 1941, were trying to ‘cleanse’ Germany of all Jews. Many Jews tried escaping to other countries. However, Germany was capturing other countries that Jews were in, such as Austria. The German and Austrian Jews tried to flee to America during the Great Depression, but they were not accepted because Americans were afraid they would take away jobs. To limit the number of immigrants, Congress set up quotas in 1924. These quotas remained even after the election of President Roosevelt, who called for a conference to discuss the international problem of the refugees. Myron C. Taylor, a businessman and friend of Roosevelt, along with 32 other representatives from other countries, met at a French resort in Evian during 1938.

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.

The refuge problem first initiated with the 1948 War Which Israelis dub the War of Independence and Palestinians call the Nakba when some 700,000 Arab residents (85%) left their home, some voluntarily, others forced, finding refuge in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Gaza Strip, which was then administered by Egypt. Others were left homeless in Israel. (Brynen, 2007) whilst the Six-Day War caused a further flight of 280,000 to 325,000 Palestinians from Israeli won territory.