On May 13 th, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry ...

On 13 May 1939, more than 900 Jews fled Germany aboard a luxury cruise liner, the SS St Louis. They hoped to reach Cuba and then travel to the US - but were turned away in Havana and forced to ...

On May 13th, 1939, the SS St. Louis, a luxury cruise ship, departed Hamburg, Germany bound for Cuba, where its 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing Hitler’s Germany, expected to gain entry ...

The 1939 sailing of the German ship the St. Louis -- popularized in the book and movie “Voyage of the Damned” -- was a painful precursor to the Holocaust. Now, 75 years later, a November ...

The SS St. Louis cruise ship set sail on May 12, 1939 from Hamburg, Germany with 937 Jewish refugees on board looking to escape Nazi tyranny. They were denied entry to Cuba, the United States and ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – ” It could happen to anybody,” is how Cathy Rothbard, the daughter of a survivor from the SS St. Louis, describes the Holocaust. The day started with community ...

The Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center of Philadelphia led a program at Our Lady of Port Richmond School Monday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the SS St. Louis.

Keynote speaker 91-year-old Hans Fisher will share memories during his presentation titled, “Witnessing Kristallnacht and Surviving the SS St. Louis,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 13, held at Chabad ...

PRINCETON – Two surviving passengers of the SS St. Louis, a Jewish refugee ship from World War II, will be at The Jewish Center in Princeton on Wednesday, April 19, participating in a screening ...