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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
