I fled Nazi Germany. I hope the US doesn't turn its back on refugees | Aryeh Neier

When Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) took place on 9 November 1938 – a night that Jewish homes, businesses, schools and synagogues throughout Germany were attacked and, in many cases, destroyed – my parents, my older sister and I were living in Berlin. After that, we knew we had to leave. But where could we go? The United States had closed its doors to most Jewish refugees. The same was true almost every place else. Fortunately for us, in the late 1930s Britain accepted several tens of thousands of Jews fleeing