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The Shocking Cynicism Behind the Voyage of the “St. Louis” and Its Ship Full of Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany

Questions

Answer 1

1. It was published in 1939. This is significant because the ship returned to Europe, docking at the Port of Antwerp (Belgium) on June 17, 1939, with 908 people. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to take 288 (32 percent) of the people who disembarked and traveled to the UK on other steamers. And the Holocaust had just begun.

2. Kristallnacht, also known as the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's paramilitary Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel troops.

3. They were denied admittance.

4. He intended to use the voyage to further Nazi propaganda.

5. As the St. Louis arrived in Havana, the passengers were informed that their landing permits had been revoked by the Cuban authorities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) negotiated with Cuba on behalf of the passengers, but the talks fell through, and the ship was compelled to leave the harbor by the Cuban government.

6. Officials from the State Department to the FBI, as well as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, argued that refugees posed a major threat to national security. Historians now feel that Bahr's situation was almost unusual, and that the fear of refugee spies was exaggerated.

7. Two hundred fifty-four passengers in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands were murdered in the Auschwitz and Sobibór concentration camps; the remainder died in internment camps, in hiding, or attempting to elude the Nazis.

Answer 2

1. It was published in 1939. This is relevant because the ship returned to Europe, docking at the Port of Antwerp (Belgium) on June 17, 1939, with the 908 passengers. The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to take 288 (32 percent) of the passengers, who disembarked and travelled to the UK via other steamers. And, the holocaust had just starred.

2. Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces.

3. Because they were denied entry.

4. He wanted to exploit the voyage for the purpose of the Nazi propaganda machine.

5. After the St. Louis arrived in Havana, the passengers learned that the Cuban government had canceled their landing permits. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) negotiated with Cuba on behalf of the passengers, but the negotiations failed and the Cuban government forced the ship to leave the harbor.

6. Government officials from the State Department to the FBI to President Franklin Roosevelt himself argued that refugees posed a serious threat to national security. Yet today, historians believe that Bahr's case was practically unique—and the concern about refugee spies was blown far out of proportion.

7. Two hundred fifty-four passengers in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands were murdered in the killing centers of Auschwitz and Sobibór; the rest died in internment camps, in hiding or attempting to evade the Nazis.

8 - 10. Unsure