Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust

by Scott Miller, Sarah A. Ogilvie, Scott Miller

Book Overview

In May of 1939 the Cuban government turned away the Hamburg-America Line's MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 hopeful Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany. The passengers subsequently sought safe haven in the United States, but were rejected once again, and the St. Louis had to embark on an uncertain return voyage to Europe. Finally, the St. Louis passengers found refuge in four western European countries, but only the 288 passengers sent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299219801
• ISBN13: 9780299219802
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"