Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn39860
• English
• overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn39861
• English
• overall: Height: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Width: 11.875 inches (30.163 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...