David Cohen’s Blog: Canada Immigration Attorney David Cohen

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Published: October 1, 2004

I remember, as a child, the sadness in my grandfather as he recounted his sister's plight. From the safety of Canada, in the late 1930s, he did everything in his power to get his sister out of Poland ahead of the Nazis. He managed to get her to England on a temporary visa while he begged Canadian immigration authorities to allow him to sponsor her to Canada. His plea fell on deaf ears. Canada had by then slammed its doors on fleeing European Jews. England sent her back to Poland when her visa expired. She was never heard from again.

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