1939 St Louis Cruise Ship

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St Louis Center Ship -- Helena sister ship foreground -- Honolulu far background on patrol 1943 in Solomons. Louis and reached Havana Cuba on May 27 1939. May 27 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the arrival in Havana harbor of the star-crossed ship the SS.

937 people were aboard when the St Louis started from Hamburg on 13 May 1939 destination Havana Cuba. The Story of the SS. In 1939 more than 900 Jewish refugees boarded the German ocean liner St.

Battle damage from torpedo hit at Kolobangara in Solomons. The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. On 13 May 1939 more than 900 Jews fled Germany aboard a luxury cruise liner the SS St Louis.

Louis cruised off the coast of Miami in June 1939 its passengers could see the lights of the city glimmering. On the voyage in question it was very near its passenger capacity of 973. The vessel under command of Captain Gustav Schröder was carrying 937 refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution23 Upon the ships arrival in Cuba the Cuban government headed by President Federico Laredo Brú refused to accept the foreign refugees.

What happened to the St Louis ship in 1939. Louis was a transatlantic luxury liner owned by the Hamburg-American Line. On board were 937 Jewish passengers.