Home >
German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis...
German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis...
Item # 552479
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 NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, June 3, 1939
* German Ocean Liner SS St. Louis
* Jewish refugees... Santo Domingo?
* The Voyage of the Damned
This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Santo Domingo Offers Jewish Refugees Haven"
Also front page reporting on the HMS Thetis submarine disaster. (see photos)
Usual browning, otherwise in good 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.
Other news of the day throughout including front page reporting on the British submarine Thetis disaster.
Little margin wear, otherwise in nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
No Longer Available
