I'm watching a PBS showing of Ken Burn's " The U.S. and the Holocaust", a year-plus-old production, and i was surprised and broken-hearted to hear the story of the S.S.St.Louis, a luxury German oceanliner that was contracted to take a thousand or so Jews to Cuba, they'd then be settled to the U.S. from there. Cuba renigged on its contract, and then Florida authorities refused to let them dock and brought in. The S.S.St.Louis was named after our city, an interesting connection that makes the story more rel and identifiable to. . .
In this documentary, it also features a man who as a teenager was sent to St. Louis and he's interviewed in the movie repeatedly. I missed his name other than he stating he was given the nickname Guy" by his girlfriend. I hope he's well and thank you.
I'm watching a PBS showing of Ken Burn's " The U.S. and the Holocaust", a year-plus-old production, and i was surprised and broken-hearted to hear the story of the S.S.St.Louis, a luxury German oceanliner that was contracted to take a thousand or so Jews to Cuba, they'd then be settled to the U.S. from there. Cuba renigged on its contract, and then Florida authorities refused to let them dock and brought in. The S.S.St.Louis was named after our city, an interesting connection that makes the story more rel and identifiable to. . .
In this documentary, it also features a man who as a teenager was sent to St. Louis and he's interviewed in the movie repeatedly. I missed his name other than he stating he was given the nickname Guy" by his girlfriend. I hope he's well and thank you.