Refugee Quotas are Completed
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
An Associated Press article in the St. Joseph Gazette highlighted how many Jewish Germans and Austrians were desperate to escape to the U.S. At the time of the report, there was a two year waitlist for American visas as result of restrictive immigration quotas. ;“Refugee Quotas are Completed,” St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO), August 29, 1938, page 3, column 5, digital image, Newspaper.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/560279066/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri
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August 28 1938, Date createdFormat
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United States, District of Columbia - WashingtonSource
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CC BY-NC-ND;“Refugee Quotas are Completed,” St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO), August 29, 1938, page 3, column 5, digital image, Newspaper.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/560279066/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri
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Refugee Quotas are Completed: AATH23. Archives of the Daniel Boone Regional Library. 15 Sep 2026.
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