PM’s apology for turning away Jewish refugees

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologised yesterday on behalf of his nation for turning away a ship full of Jewish refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany in 1939. The German liner MS St Louis was carrying 907 German Jews fleeing the Nazis and it also had been rejected by Cuba and the United States. The passengers were forced to return to Europe and more than 250 later died in the Holocaust. Trudeau called the apology long overdue. Hitler ‘‘watched on as we refused their visas, ignored their letters and denied them entry,’’ he said