‘The St. Louis Affair': list of passengers who found refuge in Great Britain

Identifier
WL1286
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70386
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

The German steamship, the St. Louis, left Hamburg with 930 Jewish refugees on board on 13 May 1939. Its passengers had valid immigration visas to Cuba stamped in their passports. When the ship arrived at Havana, the refugees were refused entry. The ship was turned back to Europe, where its passengers, after much negotiation were permitted to land in English and Western European ports. Those caught up by the Nazi invasion ultimately met their deaths a year later in the Holocaust.

Acquisition

(List of St Louis passengers), sh. document

Donated October 1996

Donor: Dr Radu Ioni, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington

Scope and Content

This copy list of passengers on the infamous ship, the St. Louis, was probably generated from a database at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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