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France, and Paris, and Great           can be sure that the                   not cause trouble in America,
   Britain was just barely                prospective immigrant has              ensuring that they had a lower
   holding her own.         The           somewhere to go, so that               chance of breaking any laws

   U.S. was not yet involved in           there are not a lot of                 while in America. Also
   the war, and things were               immigrants crowding                    required was a physical
   looking bleak                                     America?s streets.          examination at a US consulate
   for the Allies.                                      The prospective          (?Documents Required to
   Many people,                                      immigrant also had          Obtain A Visa?). This was so
   not just Jews,                                    to have documents           that they would not bring
   were                                              ensuring their              illnesses into America, and so
   desperate to                                      financial stability.        they would stay healthy.
   escape the                                        (?Documents                 The prospective immigrant
   Nazis and                                         Required to Obtain          also needed proof of
   WWII.                                             A Visa?). This              permission to leave Germany,
   People began                                      allows for                  and proof that the prospective
   applying for                                      immigration                 immigrant had booked
   visas for                                         officials to be sure        passage to the Western
   North and                                         that the prospective        hemisphere, which was
   South               A Turkish visa from         immigrant was                 imposed in September of 1939
   America, trying     World War II                financially able to           (?Documents Required to
   to escape the                          begin a life in the United             Obtain A Visa?). This was so
   horror of the war.                     States, so that they could             that the prospective
 BY ABIGAIL HIENS                         begin with a home, food,               immigrant would not just ?use

 The st r uggl e t o r un f r om t he Nazi s i n WWI I  Secur i ng Passage  water, and were able to   up? a visa, since only so many
                                          provide the basic necessities,         visas were allowed to be given
       t was very hard to secure a        enough to support them until           out This made sure that only
   visa during WWII. Nations
 Escape      The story of World   The War  i n Number s  required extensive   they are able to get a job and   people who were going to
 War II is a story told
                                                                                 America would get a visa. So
                                          begin working, providing
 - 6 mi l l i on Jews dead
   documentation, that was
 time and time again. The
 horrible concentration   - 70-85 mi l l i on dead   often very hard to obtain. To   stable income.   many different documents
                                                                                 were required, from the
                                             Also, whoever was applying
 camps, the terrifying   t ot al  get to a visa to the United   for the visa needed a   sponsor in America, from the
 Acr o ss   - 407, 316 US t r oops dead  many things, such as birth   Certificate of Good Conduct   German Police, and from the
   States of America, one needed
 Nazis, the 6 million Jews
 slaughtered. But not
                                                                                 prospective immigrant
                                          from German Police
   certificates and quote
 many know the stories  - 1.1 mi l l i on dead at
 of the hundreds of Jews  Auschwi t z al one  numbers (?Documents   authorities, including copies   themselves.
                                                                                 Some nations required more
                                          of government records about
 and Germans alike,   the Americas.  Required to Obtain A Visa?).   individuals, and affidavits of   documents to get access to
 t h e   running from Europe- and       On September 1, 1939,   needed. These sponsored   Good Conduct from after   their land, and some required
   Two sponsors were also
 the struggle to get visas,
 and to get out, and into   WWII began. The Nazis   needed to be a US citizen, and   September 1940 from several   less. However, as WWII
 expanded into   needed many documents to   responsible disinterested            raged on, the requirements
 Czechoslovakia, Poland,   ensure their eligibility   persons (?Documents        for getting a visa became
 At l ant ic  Norway, and Denmark.   (?Documents Required to   This made sure that the   virtually impossible to legally
                                                                                 more and more, until it was
                                          Required to Obtain A Visa?).
 Soon, Germany and the
   Obtain A Visa?). This is so
                                                                                 get a visa.
                                          prospective immigrant would
 Axis powers had taken
   that the immigration officials
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