Hitlers invasion of Poland on September 1. 1939. is usually marked as the actual beginning of the Second World War. the St. Louis sailed. It had as its passengers 936 Jewish refugees. It left Europe and moved toward the United States. where it was refused entry. and it was refused entry in Cuba. The refugees then returned to Western Europe. Then. of course. we know that following the invasion of Poland. Hitler and the German forces moved south. invading the Netherlands. Belgium and then France. These individuals. who were simply looking for freedom. found themselves refugees under the National Socialist rule and subject to the Holocaust. The Survivors Registry is currently attempting to document the fate of the 936 passengers of the St. Louis.
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