Grace Schwall -Text to Text: Comparing Jewish Refugees of the 1930s With Syrian Refugees Today

             This article from the New York Times highlights the similarities between Jewish refugees of Nazi Germany in the 1930s to Syrian refugees today. The count of refugees in the world today is the highest it's been since the World War Two era. In both of these times the United States is resisting accepting these refugees into the country but for different reasons. In the time of preWW2 immigrant refugee concerns were more economic. As the Great Depressions had recently ended citizens were concerned refugees would take jobs away from Americans. Now a main concern is that accepting refugees would encourage acts of violence and terrorism against the United States. Similar quotes from politicians on the subject can be tied between the two eras.

          This article was written by Laura Tavares from the New York Times in order to show the gravity of the situation in Syria. By comparing Syrians to the Jewish in Nazi Germany, she makes the extremity of the crisis in Syria more understandable. Most United States citizens know the horrors of Nazi Germany and would be disturbed that it could happen again. I found it interesting that in both refugee crises the US is not willing to help the refugees at a great degree. Even if immigration isn't an option I think that there are other way for Americans to help Syrians so that a WW2 like disaster is avoided. This article as a whole is a great example of synthesis as it compares the Jewish refugees of the 30s and 40s to the Syrian refugees of today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/learning/lesson-plans/text-to-text-comparing-jewish-refugees-of-the-1930s-with-syrian-refugees-today.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Flearning-current-events&action=click&contentCollection=learning&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=collection