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History repeats: When America turned away refugees

In 1939, Ronnie Breslow of Elkins Park was an 8-year-old passenger aboard the St. Louis, the ship of 937 Jewish refugees that in flight from Nazi Germany was infamously turned away by the United States, Canada and Cuba.

Ronnie Breslow speaks at the National Museum of American Jewish History, during the program, "Remembering the St. Louis: The Consequences of Turning Away Refugees."
Ronnie Breslow speaks at the National Museum of American Jewish History, during the program, "Remembering the St. Louis: The Consequences of Turning Away Refugees." Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer