This day in History

[prlyles]

A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Germany. Almost all died in camps.

 

[DooBi]

Link? Interesting story.

 

[TJ8869]

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/voyage-of-the-st-louis

 

[billanole]

Tough story. I maybe remember hearing about the St. Louis story before.

 

[SolarHawk]

Wow, fvck Cuba

 

[Hock-I]

A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Germany. Almost all died in camps.

Is this before or after FDR set up concentration camps for Japanese citizens?

 

[SolarHawk]

Is this before or after FDR set up concentration camps for Japanese citizens?

lol, wut?

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

lol, wut?

You can’t be dense enough or pretend to be smart to know this didn’t happen.

 

[SolarHawk]

You can’t be dense enough or pretend to be smart to know this didn’t happen.

Relevance to this story?

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

Relevance to this story?

Oh sorry read it wrong. Thought you meant there weren’t Japanese interment camps. My apologies

 

[Bonerfarts]

Never forget

 

[MichaelKeller99]

Relevance to this story?

Man’s inhumanity towards man can be completely forgettable or forever outrageous depending on who ‘the man’ is and who the victims are.

Imo

 

[DooBi]

A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Germany. Almost all died in camps.

Link says 254 killed which is still horrible but better than "almost all".

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Germany. Almost all died in camps.

The link indicates that they were not forced to sail back to Germany.

 

[markfromj]

How does one “sail back to Germany”?

 

[jasonrann]

How does one “sail back to Germany”?

 

[The Tradition]

A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Germany. Almost all died in camps.

Hamas "likes" this.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

How does one “sail back to Germany”?

The Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea to the port of Hamburg?

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Is this before or after FDR set up concentration camps for Japanese citizens?

Not a good decision by FDR but are you suggesting interment equates to factory murder ?

 

[markfromj]

The Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea to the port of Hamburg?

I guess that’s right.

 

[preshlock]

Is this before or after FDR set up concentration camps for Japanese citizens?

well before. Japanese Americans weren't put into camps until after Pearl Harbor was attacked.