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David Sword Wyman was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on March 6, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Boston University in 1951, a master's degree in education from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire in 1961, and a doctorate in history at Harvard University in 1966. He taught mostrar más history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1966 until his retirement in 1991. He wrote several books including Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis 1938-1941 and The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945. In 2013, scholars and others inspired by his book founded the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in Washington, D. C. Wyman died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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The ongoing debate among descendants of immigrants on how best to keep new immigrants and illegal aliens out of the country is nothing new. Anti-immigration laws and sentiment were all the rage during the late thirties and especially during WWII. Guided by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, Senators and Congressmen watched diligently for any hint that those funny little furriners might sneak in.

Senator Rufus Holman (Rep., OR) in 1942 once blocked a bill in the Senate because it aroused his suspicion that "it relaxes the immigration laws," though he openly admitted, "I know nothing about this bill." Representative William Elmer (Rep., MO)--no doubt a descendant of the famous American patriot, Elmer Fudd, --was equally distrustful. He apprised the House of "a determined and well financed movement...to admit all the oppressed, Hitler-persecuted people of Germany and other European countries into our country."… (más)
 
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