“Refugees were to be found in every nook and cranny of [the building], many of them begging to be allowed to spend the night,” remembered one of Heath’s colleagues at the U.S. embassy in Berlin, Consul William Russell. There was no European country which would admit a German or a Polish Jewish refugee unless he could first show that he was registered with the American Consulate for an immigration visa. There were times when the crowds got too much for us—especially the time they pushed through two heavy glass and brass doors.
