Forwarded from Page-by-Page in Jewish History, from The National Post, March 14, 2004: In 1939, when the Nazi program to kill the Jews of Europe was well underway, 907 desperate German Jews aboard the S.S. St. Louis requested sanctuary in Canada. The Liberal prime minister of the day, Mackenzie King — who had previously flirted with Adolf Hitler and declared him to be “one who truly loves his fellow-men” — refused their request. Most died in the death camps of Europe. In 1942, 1,000 Jewish children in a French refugee camp were denied entry to Canada and were liquidated by
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