Home >
German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis...
Jewish refugees are refused in Cuba...
German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis...
Jewish refugees are refused in Cuba...
Item # 551043
Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.
June 03, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1939..
* German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis
* Jewish refugees are refused in Cuba
* The Voyage of the Damned
This 34 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page:
* 907 Refugees Quit Cuba on Liner; Ship Reported Hovering Off Coast
* Rumor That United States Will Permit entry Is Spread to Avert Suicides---Company Orders St. Louis Back to Hamburg
Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: The St. Louis sailed out of Hamburg into the Atlantic Ocean in May 1939 carrying one non-Jewish and 936 (mainly German) Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution just before World War II.[1][2]
However, on the ship's arrived in Cuba, the passengers were refused asylum by the Cuban government under Federico Laredo Brú. This prompted a near mutiny. Two people attempted suicide and dozens more threatened to do the same. However, 29 of the refugees were able to disembark at Havana.[3]
On 4 June 1939, the St. Louis was also refused permission to unload on orders of President Roosevelt as the ship waited in the Caribbean Sea between Florida and Cuba. Initially, Roosevelt showed limited willingness to take in some of those on board despite the Immigration Act of 1924, but vehement opposition came from Roosevelt's Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, and from Southern Democrats — some of whom went so far as to threaten to withhold their support of Roosevelt in the 1940 Presidential election if this occurred.
The St. Louis then tried to enter Canada but was denied as well.
Category: The 20th Century
No Longer Available
