Refugees Of History

FILE - In this June 17, 1939 file photo, German Jewish refugees return to Antwerp, Belgium, aboard the St. Louis after they had been denied entrance to Cuba and the United States. More than 76 years later, fresh angst about whether to admit refugees or turn them away has put the spotlight back on the shunning of the St. Louis and other, now widely regretted, decisions by U.S. officials before and during World War II. (AP Photo, File)