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The document summarizes the voyage of the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939. It set sail from Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, but the refugees were denied entry when they arrived and forced to return to Europe. Many of the refugees on board had applied for visas to other countries like the U.S. but were unable to secure entry. The document provides background on some of the individual refugees and families on board the ship, and the circumstances that led t
- Author
- Victoria Paulino de Souza
- Language
- EN