Ten For Today: Refugees
Tom T. Hall, Patti Smith, Willie Nelson, The Pogues, Guy Clark, Crowded House, Calexico, Shaina Taub, Bruce Springsteen, Hurray for the Riff Raff
On this day in 1939, the German ship S. S. St. Louis, carrying 937 passengers, mainly Jewish refugees fleeing their homes in the wake of Kristallnacht, began its journey back to Europe after the United States refused to let it dock.
The ship had set sail for Cuba, which refused to let passengers disembark. From what I have read about the incident, Cuba n…
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