St. Louis refugee crisis event
also: ghost ship
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▶ 9:26
And they basically erased that episode from their family. In early June 1939, the German transatlantic ocean liner, St. Louis, cruised along the coastline of Florida. Now, this is a ship that has hundreds of Jewish people that were leaving …
▶ 10:00
A few got out in Cuba, but the rest were not allowed to go. It was referred to as a ghost ship. So as it's cruising along the United States, Harry Morgenthau Jr., who is FDR's Treasury Secretary and Jewish himself, was pleading with the gov…
▶ 10:26
Rumors were already circulating at the time of what was happening to Jewish people in Germany. Morgenthau lost that fight and the boat was ordered to leave. It was not going to be allowed to dock. And Morgenthau basically contacted everybod…
▶ 10:55
a battle himself and wasn't interested in the confrontation. So he basically ignored it. So the president had a longtime supporter called Rabbi Stephen Weiss of New York. They had spent time together throughout his career. And even Rabbi St…
▶ 11:30
to do anything to help these people. So there's a guy that I want to point out here. His name is Breckenridge Long. He was at the time the Assistant Secretary of State in charge of immigration. He was the primary opponent to taking care of …
▶ 15:35
back to Washington. So Captain Schroeder, who was the guy that was in charge of the St. Louis, was forced to return because they were running out of food and they wouldn't even take food out to the ship. And dock at Antwerp, Belgium. All of…