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An Aging WWII Refugee: 'We Can’t Turn Our Backs on the Refugees of Today'

Seventy years ago, the United States admitted 600,000 European war refugees—and our country was stronger for it. I know because I was one of them.

Milan J. Kubic
Jul 26, 2016
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Photos: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-2003-0703-500 / CC-BY-SA 3.0; Rebecca Harms / CC BY-SA 2.0

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