Morris Troper and refugees

Morris Troper (center), an American Jewish lawyer, poses with Jewish refugees on the deck of the SS St. Louis after it arrived in Antwerp, Belguim. He was instrumental in finding four European nations that would offer safe haven to the stranded Jews. Months later, three of those countries were invaded by Nazi Germany. (USHMM, courtesy of Betty Troper Yaeger)

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