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.@LifeDeathWhat asked me to share #FiveThings I know about death & dying. I chose to focus on pet death, as it's a subject we don't often discuss. Here's my contribution to this fantastic project. Follow @LifeDeathWhat for more #FiveThings. 👇#lifedeathwhatever 
Today is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) and I'm honoured to share my #FiveThings with @LifeDeathWhat today. Often I am asked, "Why didn't Jews just leave Nazi-occupied areas?" and the answer is, "Many tried but they were denied asylum" 1/5 tinyurl.com/y3ksuhuh
In 1938 the US denied over 100,000 visas of German Jews trying to flee. The US government feared that these desperate families might be spies, saboteurs, or disease ridden. They would beg on the street, be a drain on the economy or commit acts of terror (sound familiar?) 2/5
The MS St. Louis carried 900 Jewish refugees but could not find a safe harbour and returned to Europe with 600 of them, all eventually went to concentration camps, most died in the war. Cuba, Canada, the US, and the UK only allowed entry to refugees with preexisting visas. 3/5
