State Department Apology
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns issues first ever Admission of Wrongdoing for the US refusal to grant safe haven to the passengers of the SS St. Louis
Belgian Ambassador to the US Jan Matthysen accepts the Proclamation of Gratitude given to the representatives of Belgium, The Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom by the surviving passengers of the SS St. Louis. The Proclamation was given in appreciation to these countries for granting them safe haven when they were forced to return to Europe.
Col. Phillip Freund tells about his life in America when his family returned to America after the ship was turned away by the US in June, 1939.
Robert M. Krakow, author of the Trial of FDR, introduces the play at the Department of State in the presence of surviving St. Louis passengers, foreign service officers and diplomats from many countries.
State Department apologizes to Jewish refugees
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...
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