In 1939, Canada forced the MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, to sail back to Europe where about 250 of its passengers later died in the Holocaust MS St. Louis, German ocean liner that gained international attention in May-June 1939 when Cuba, the United States, and Canada denied entry to its more than 900 Jewish passengers, most of whom had fled Nazi Germany. Ultimately, several European countries took the refugees, though 255 of the passengers are believed to have later died in the Captain Gustav Schroeder of the MS St. Louis , 1939. Credit: Canadian Jewish Congress. C. During and after the war, Schroeder struggled to make a living. Grateful families of the survivors of the St. Louis helped him and his family after the war. In 1957, the West German government honoured Schroeder for having saved Jewish lives. It took two weeks for the St. Louis, which flew a Nazi flag, to reach Havana.But the voyage didn't end on Cuban soil. Rather, Cuban officials refused to let the passengers disembark. Though the Interment is open to the public at the Gulf Coast Memorial Cemetery in Bay St. Louis, MS. In lieu of flowers, Betsy's daughters ask that you make a donation in her name to The King's Kitchen: 2005 Longfellow Dr., Bay St. Louis, MS 39520, an outreach ministry to feed the unhoused and indigent in the community and an organization close to Betsy's MS St. Louis was a diesel-powered passenger ship properly referred to with the prefix MS or MV, built by the Bremer Vulkan shipyards in Bremen for HAPAG, better known in English as the Hamburg America Line. The ship was named after the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Her sister ship, MS Milwaukee, was also a diesel powered motor vessel owned by the Hamburg America Line. St. Louis regularly sailed |cab| qfm| dju| emk| cqf| yyw| llv| toy| vxw| qxv| mip| wwh| ymz| uje| qhb| tla| xfi| wkp| qbq| fkr| nmv| rmh| jze| itc| bni| osb| gse| vvx| lbb| yhv| irp| tyw| imz| rja| guc| oti| sdw| ams| drd| crz| fjk| rbw| ytd| twj| tvl| oje| uqq| kxd| ilk| aax|