INV. 108 · Photograph
The St. Louis in Havana harbor
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About nine hundred Jews had left Hamburg. Cuba, the United States, and Canada refused to let them land.
- Type
- Photograph
- Nature
- Period photographA photograph taken at the time of the events it shows.
- Date of the object
- 1939The picture shows the ship in Havana. The May 1939 departure from Hamburg comes from the chapter.
- Image
- Unknown
- Licence
- Public domain
- Retrieved
- Commons API, 2026-10-15
Sourced historical context
On 13 May 1939 the St. Louis left Hamburg for Cuba with 900 Jews; the visas were voided, and Cuba, the United States, and Canada refused landing. Belgium, Holland, Britain, and France took the passengers for a time; those left on the continent were later deported and murdered.