&quote;The Saddest Ship Afloat&quote; (eBook)

The Tragedy of the MS St. Louis

Allison Lawlor (Autor)

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2016
128 Seiten
Nimbus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-77108-533-5 (ISBN)

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A true story of hundreds of Jewish refugees and the sea journey they hoped would save them. On May 13, 1939, the eve of the Second World War, the MS St. Louis left port in Hamburg, Germany, headed for Havana, Cuba. Among the ship's passengers were more than six hundred Jews attempting to escape Nazi rule. But most of the visas the passengers had purchased turned out to be fake, and after several days in limbo in Havana's harbor, the ship's captain turned back for Europe. Canadian and American activists petitioned their governments to accept the refugees on humanitarian grounds, but to no avail. On its return, the ship would distribute its passengers among European countries, and over the course of the war, an estimated 250 would die in Nazi concentration camps.This volume in the Stories of our Past series is illustrated with photos and sidebar features on the voyage, glimpses into the lives of passengers, a look at Canada's postwar refugee policy, and memorials dedicated to preserving the story of this tragic event in Canadian immigration history.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Schlagworte: 12-year • 12-year-old • 20th • aboard the ship • accepted • allowed to dock • Amsterdam • anna's father • anna's story • Antisemitismus • Armenia • aryan • atria books • Attacks • Auschwitz • Automobiles • Bangkok • Belgien • Belgium • berlins • blue-eyed • board the ss • Bombay • born in new • Braid • Britain • Bulgaria • canadian governments • Captain • CARS • Catholic • China • Countries • crewmen • Cruise • Cuba • Cuban Culture • cuban government • cuban president • Denkmal • Documents • East • eighty-seven • enter the united • European • Expert • Fleet • freaky • Gedenken • Genocide • german girl • german jewish • German Jews • german magazine • Germans • Germany • girl in 1939 • girl in new • girl takes place • Giveaway • grand-niece • great-aunt • great-niece • hair and blue • Hannahs • hannah's family • hannah's father • hannah's mother • hannah's story • Historica • historical fiction • historical fiction books • Historiker • Hitler • Hitlers • Holocaust • Hong • Honolulu • Horrific • Hungary • ill-fated • Immigrant • Jahrhundert • Japan • Jewish Family • jewish girl • Jewish people • Jewish refugees • journey aboard • Judaism • Judenverfolgung • Judenvernichtung • Jüdisch • jüdische • Kong • Korea • learn their family • lilac • listened • luxury ship • Mainland • Minister • mother are two • Muslim • narrators • Nazi Propaganda • Nazi Regime • Nazis • Netherlands • Niederlande • Non-fiction • Norway • Occupation • Ocean liner • old jewish girl • Parallel • passengers on board • Penang • persecuted • plight • Poland • Polen • provoking • Refuge • Reich • revealing • Russia • russians • safe haven • safe passage • sailed • SCH • schroder • settings are vividly • Shanghai • ship returned • Spanish • ss st • states and canada • Stations • suffered • Tampa • Thought-provoking • Titanic • Transport • Turner • twelve year old • two twelve year • undesirables • Ungarn • Vehicles • Vereinigt • Vernichtung • Vernichtungslager • Voyage • World War II • wwii historical • WWII historical fiction • year is 1939
• ISBN-10: 1-77108-533-9 / 1771085339
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77108-533-5 / 9781771085335