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Preferred term

SS Saint Louis Affair, 1939  

Definition(s)

  • Incident of a German ship (Hamburg-America [HAPAG] Line) that in 1939 carried Jewish refugees to Cuba, where their landing permits were invalidated by the Cuban government and their entry denied; eventually, most of the passengers ended up in Britain, Belgium, France and the Netherlands; many died in the Holocaust

Synonym(s)

  • Affair of the SS Saint Louis, 1939

Notation

  • 119046

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-W1BDX73C-8

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