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SS St. Louis Jewish refugee ship....
SS St. Louis Jewish refugee ship....
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June 02, 1939
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 2, 1939 This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "GERMAN LINER TOLD TO LEAVE, IS STILL AT HAVANA" "Cuba Will Not Let Jewish Refugees Land; Marines Ready to Act".
Tells of the voyage of Jewish refugees on the SS St. Louis, in whi ch they were looking for a country that would let them stay. This is a early report as most 1st reports were on the 3rd of June.
Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: The St. Louis sailed out of Hamburg into the Atlantic Ocean in May 1939 carrying one non-Jewish and 936 (mainly German) Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution just before World War II.
However, on the ship's arrived in Cuba, the passengers were refused asylum by the Cuban government under Federico Laredo Brú. This prompted a near mutiny. Two people attempted suicide and dozens more threatened to do the same. However, 29 of the refugees were able to disembark at Havana.
On 4 June 1939, the St. Louis was also refused permission to unload on orders of President Roosevelt as the ship waited in the Caribbean Sea between Florida and Cuba. Initially, Roosevelt showed limited willingness to take in some of those on board despite the Immigration Act of 1924, but vehement opposition came from Roosevelt's Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, and from Southern Democrats — some of whom went so far as to threaten to withhold their support of Roosevelt in the 1940 Presidential election if this occurred.
The St. Louis then tried to enter Canada but was denied as well.
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