The US was just as suspicious of Jewish refugees

The current US debate over Syrian refugees echoes a similar debate over Jewish refugees during World War II. Back then, the fear was that German spies would hide among the throngs of US-bound Jews fleeing the horrors of the Nazi regime. And in 1942, the FBI and other US officials pointed to the capture of Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr as supposed proof that the fear was well-founded. But who exactly was Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr, and how did his case impact Jewish immigration? The reporter Daniel Gross explains.

(Photo: German troops question Jewish rabbis in Warsaw in 1943. Credit: Getty Images)