When Jewish Refugees Fled Germany OTW to US Turned Back to Europe

#OTD 1939: 937 Jewish refugees fled Germany aboard the #SSStLouis hoping to reach Cuba then travel to the US. They were turned away in Havana and would be forced to return to Europe, where more than 250 were killed in the #Holocaust. https://t.co/waT3RMmCAO #JewishHistory https://t.co/d3WcMaUosc


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