September 2012 - St. Louis Legacy Project

State Department apologizes to Jewish refugees

by administrator | Sep 26, 2012 | State Department

WASHINGTON – In 1939,a ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees was denied access to the U.S. and forced to return to Europe. A third of the passengers died in the concentration camp at Auschwitz,but many survived and ended up back in the U.S. The State...