None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933–1948
- The book None is Too Many, written by Irving Abella and Harold Troper, uncovers the reality that Canada has not always been a welcoming or accepting society to immigrants, especially to the Jews of Europe who were fleeing Nazi oppression during 1933–1948.
- The book's title makes reference to the infamous line made by one of Canada's immigration officials, which depicts the state of Canada's immigration policy towards Jewish people during the Second World War.
- In an off-the-record discussion with journalists in early 1945, a high-level Canadian immigration official was asked how many Jewish people should be allowed entry into Canada during the time of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution of the Jews during the Second World War, to which he responded "none is too many."
- For many years, Canada's immigration policy discriminated towards Jewish people (and discriminatory towards other minority groups) and this only began changing following the war.
- Canada only accepted 5,000 Jewish refugees from 1933–1947, which was the lowest admission record among Western countries.
Citation
Abella, Irving and Harold Troper. None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933-1948. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2012. https://utorontopress.com/9781442614079/none-is-too-many/
Overlapping Topics
Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity
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Book