the Tragedy of S.S. St. Louis
(May 13 - June 20, 1939)
the ss st louis. Louis, a German ocean liner,
dramatically highlights the difficulties faced
by many people trying to escape Nazi terror.
In May 1939, 937 passengers, most Jewish
refugees, left Hamburg, Germany, en route to
Cuba. Most of them planned eventually to
emigrate to the United States and were on
the waiting list for admission. All passengers
held landing certificates permitting them
entry to Cuba, but when the St. Louis
reached the port of Havana, the President of
Cuba refused to honor the documents.
After the ship left the Havana harbor, it sailed
so close to the Florida coast that the
passengers could see the lights of Miami.
The captain appealed for help, but in vain.
US Coast Guard ships patrolled the waters to
make sure that no one jumped to freedom
and did not allow the ship to dock in the US
The St. Louis turned back to Europe.
Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and
France admitted the passengers. But within
months, the Germans overran western
Europe. Hundreds of passengers who
disembarked in Belgium, the Netherlands,
and France eventually fell victim to the Nazi
"Final Solution."
•The "Final Solution" was designed to
exterminate every single Jewish man,
woman and child. The only Jews who would
have conceivably survived had Hitler been
victorious were those who somehow
escaped discovery by the Nazis.
Founded in 1948, Israel is the world's only
Jewish State and is currently the Middle
East's only liberal democracy. It lies in the
area biblically referred to as the Land of
Israel.In 2013, nearly eight million people -
Jews, Muslims, Christians - call Israel home.
prior to england leaving what would become
israel the emg;ish army confiscated all the
defense weapons that the jews had that they
could find attempting to leave them helpless
against the arabs they knew would attack the
new state of israel
The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when
five Arab nations invaded territory in the
former Palestinian mandate immediately
following the announcement of the
independence of the state of Israel on May
14, 1948. In 1947, and again on May 14, 1948,
the United States had offered de facto
recognition of the Israeli Provisional
Government, but during the war, the United
States maintained an arms embargo against
all belligerents.
on to syria. i don't give a sh*t how many of
each other they kill, nor the afgans kill each
other, during he iraq war against iran, the
usa knew sadam was using poisen gas and
we said nothing.
we need to stay at home and watch football
until those countries kill each other. when
we failed those passangers on the st louis,
we lost ou credibility as the moral leader
of the world. if obama wants to act against
syria use drones and kill them the legal way
with bombs
