On May 13, 1939, the MS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany, to cross the Atlantic Ocean with 937 German Jews. They were innocent, frightened men, women and children, seeking asylum in Cuba before immigrating to the United States. Philip S. Freund was one of the passengers on this historic ship. He celebrated his eighth birthday on June 5, while on the ship, in Cuban waters. This is the story of the events that involved him and his family before, during, and after this tragic voyage, an important event in history that altered the course of European Jewry.
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