In May 1939, just before World War II started, 937 anxious Jewish refugees fled Nazi Germany aboard an ocean liner named the SS St Louis.
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“No Irish Need Apply” – an Irish Immigrants Welcome
PREFER TO LISTEN TO AN AUDIO PODCAST? Click Here Given this century’sMiddle Eastern wars and refugee crises, it’s not hard to fathom the intense bigotry experienced by Irish immigrants of the mid 1800’s. The great Irish Potato Famine lasted from 1845 to 1855 and brought massive numbers of starving Irish refugees to America’s eastern shores. Ireland’s strictContinue reading ““No Irish Need Apply” – an Irish Immigrants Welcome”
An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions
CLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIO PODCAST For a vast number of Americans, including myself, our great-grandparents arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in the early 1900’s. There were no modern airports back then, just a vast, grey ocean to cross. So all the Poles, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Swedes, Hungarians, Germans and dozens of other nationalitiesContinue reading “An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions”
The American Legacy of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
“Old Hickory” General Andrew Jackson won the nasty, negative election of 1828 and was elected to the White House.
Podcast: The Tragic Fate of the SS St. Louis Jewish Refugees
In May 1939, 937 anxious Jewish refugees fled the horrors of Nazi Germany, aboard an ocean liner named the SS St. Louis. Most were German citizens, with Jews from other countries like Poland and Austria. The passengers planned to reach Cuba first, then ultimately seek sanctuary the United States. They would tragically never make it.Continue reading “Podcast: The Tragic Fate of the SS St. Louis Jewish Refugees”
Podcast: The American Legacy of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
General Andrew Jackson won the nasty election of 1828 and was elected President of the United States. At this time, over 125,000 Native Americans still occupied millions of acres in the American southeast – land they had lived on for generations. In a little over a decade, thanks the Indian Removal Act, there would beContinue reading “Podcast: The American Legacy of the Cherokee Trail of Tears”
Podcast : An Irish Immigrants Welcome – No Irish Need Apply
Given this centuries massive migrant refugee crises around the world, it’s not hard to fathom the intense Irish immigrant bigotry of the mid-1800’s. The great Irish Potato Famine lasted nearly a decade and brought massive numbers of Irish refugees to America, Canada and England. Faced with eviction and starvation, hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrated across the AtlanticContinue reading “Podcast : An Irish Immigrants Welcome – No Irish Need Apply”
Podcast: An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions
For a vast number of Americans, their great-grandparents arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in the early 1900’s. There were no airports back then, just a cold, grey ocean to cross. So all the Poles, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Turks, Swedes, and Germans arrived in New York by steamship. Poorer immigrants in third class “steerage” were ferried by barge withContinue reading “Podcast: An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions”