MS St. Louis
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On June 4 1939 the SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps.
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See also
- The Évian Conference, convened at the initiative of US president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, to discuss the problem of Jewish refugees.
- The Struma, an ill-fated Romanian vessel chartered to carry Jewish refugees sunk February 5, 1942.
- The Mefkure. an ill-fated schooner vessel which was sunk while carrying Jewish refugees in August 5, 1944.
- The Patria in November 25, 1940, sank in the Haifa harbour.
- Voyage of the Damned, a 1976 film drama based on the 1974 book written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
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