Category:MS St. Louis (subject)
MS St. Louis (see Holocaust Children Studies)
Overview
On May 13, 1939, the Hamburg-Amerika luxury liner, MS St. Louis, sailed for Havana, Cuba, carrying 937 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany (including 200 children). The plan was to wait there for permission to enter the US.
All passengers bore legitimate landing certificates for Cuba. However, during the two-week period that the ship was en route to Havana, the landing certificates granted by the Cuban director general of immigration in lieu of regular visas, were invalidated by the pro-fascist Cuban government. As a result, when the St. Louis reached Havana on May 27, 1939, Cuban authorities denied entry to all but 28 of the passengers. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) dispatched Lawrence Berenson to Cuba to negotiate with local officials but Cuban president Federico Laredo Bru insisted that the ship leave Havana harbor. After a week, the ship sailed to the American coast, but was denied entry.
The US government likewise refused to make any exception to the quota limits. On June 6, 1939, the ship was forced to head back to Europe. While the ship was en route to Antwerp, Belgium, Jewish aid organizations negotiated with European governments to admit the passengers rather than return them to Germany (287 to Great Britain; 214 to Belgium; 224 to France; 181 to the Netherlands). The ship docked in Antwerp, Belgium, on June 17, 1939.
Only those who were accepted by Great Britain found relative safety. The others were soon to be subject once again to Nazi rule with the German invasion of western Europe in the spring of 1940. A fortunate few succeeded in emigrating before this became impossible. In the end, 227 of the 619 St. Louis passengers who found temporary refuge in Belgium, France and the Netherlands died at the hands of the Nazis, but the majority survived the war.
The Children
Group portrait of children on the deck of the MS St. Louis. Pictured in the front row, from left to right are: Herbert Karliner, Harry Guttmann, Hans Schelansky. In the second row: Eugene Moser, unknown, Erich Stein, Walter Karliner, and Hans Fischer.
Among those pictured are Evelyn Klein (back row, center), Herbert Karliner (front row, left), Walter Karliner (front row, second from the left), Eric Stein (front row, second from the right), and Harry Fuld (font row, far right).
Disembarked in Cuba (28 passengers, 5 children)
- Evelyn Klein Altman (F / Hungary, 1930-2002), Holocaust survivor
- Evelyn Aber / Evelyn Lisi (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Beatrice Bonne Sichel (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Wolfgang Schüfftan (M / Germany, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Hans-Jacob Bonne (M / Germany, 1939), Holocaust survivor
Disembarked in England (288 passengers, all saved)
- Bella Dubiecki Mlodinoff (F / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Rosi Guttmann Adler (F / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Margit Banemann / Margit Hess (F / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Karl Kirchhausen (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Wolfgang Metis / Frank Metis (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Helga Guttmann Fixler (F / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Sonja Knepel / Sonja Sternberg (F / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Fritz Loewe / Frederick Loewe (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Joseph Singer (M / Germany, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Liselotte Arndt / Lotte Brown (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Harry Guttmann (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Liesel Joseph / Liesel Loeb (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Erich Stein / Eric Stein (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Fuld (M / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Ingeborg Weil / Ingeborg Ohringer (F / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Annette Metis / Annette Gallagher (F / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Resi Adler (F / Germany, 1931), Holocaust survivor
- Philip Freund (M / Germany, 1931), Holocaust survivor
- Susanna Weil / Sue Tauber (F / Germany, 1931), Holocaust survivor
- Gerd-Fritz Grünstein / Gerald Granston (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Karl Hoffmann / Charles Hoffmann (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Wolfgang Schoenemann / William Schoenemann (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Renate Silberstein (F / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Inge Czerninski / Joan Boldt (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Lieselotte Freund / Lisa Avedon (M / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Sonja Maier / Sonja Geismar (F / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Meyerstein / John Meyerstein (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Margrit Rosenthal (F / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Blumenstock Mandel (F / Austria, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Zilla Dresel Coorsh (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Lilo Heldenmuth / Lilo Goldstone (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Israel Riegelhaupt / Israel Ralph (M / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Eva Safier / Eva Wiener (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Beate Schoeps / Beate Avedon (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Hanna Secemski / Hanna Wolf (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Gert Silberstein (M / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
Disembarked in the Netherlands (181 passengers, 34 children)
- Heinz-Georg Blumenstein (M / Austria, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Rudolf Jacobsohn / Rudolf Cohen (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Rudi Dingfelder / Robert Felder (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Michael Fink / Michael Barak (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Eva Ruth Friedmann / Rapp-Fleischmann (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Gerhard Gabel (M / Germany, 1937-194?), Holocaust victim
- Alexander Gruber (M / Germany, 1926-194?), Holocaust victim
- Alexander Gruber (M / Germany, 1926-194?), Holocaust victim
- Lutz Grünthal (M / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Horst-Martin Grünthal (M / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ruthild Grünthal (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Sibyll Grünthal (F / Germany, 1931-194?), Holocaust victim
- Martin Hess (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Joachim Hirsch (M / Germany, 1937-1944), Holocaust victim
- Thomas Jacobsohn (M / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Rudolf Jacobsohn / Rudolf Cohen (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Annemarie Karmann (F / Austria, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Hannelore Klein Grünberg (F / Germany, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Lenneber (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Ingeborg Levin / Inge Schneider (F / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Miriam Levin Michaelis (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Otto Loeb (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Gert Egon Philippi (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Renate Reutlinger / Ronnie Breslow (F / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Jan Schillinger / John Schilling (M / Czechia, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Jiri Schillinger / George Schilling (M / Czechia, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Ilse Simon (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ines Spanier Jacoby (F / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Renate Spanier / Renee Goldman (F / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Werner Stein (M / Germany, 1936-1943), Holocaust victim
- Ursula Warschawsky (F / Germany, 1923), Holocaust survivor
- Franz Peter Warschawsky (M / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Ernst Weistock (M / Germany, 1931-194?), Holocaust victim
- Renate Weltmann (F / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
Disembarked in France (224 passengers, 39 children)
- Magdalena Bardeleben (F / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Dieter Brandt (M / Germany, 1937-194?), Holocaust victim
- Nissim Eskenazy (F / Germany, 1939), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Hermann Fischer (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Rith Fischer Bickhardt (F / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Lore Alice Goldschmidt (F / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Heinz Goldstein / Henry Gallant (M / Germany, 1928-2019), Holocaust survivor
- Heinz Ludwig Greve (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Evelyn Greve (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ruth Heilbrun Windmuller (F / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Ingeborg Heilbrun (F / Germany, 1925-194?), Holocaust victim * Chateau de Montintin
- Gunther Heilbrun (F / Germany, 1924-194?), Holocaust victim * Chateau de Montintin
- Ilse Hess Shellan (F / Germany, 1927), Holocaust survivor * Chateau de Montintin
- Bella Isner Uhlfelder (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Isner Kissinger (F / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Gunther Joel (M / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor * Chateau de Montintin
- Joseph Brigitte (M / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
- Walter Karliner (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Herbert Karliner (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Karliner (F / Germany, 1927-1942), Holocaust victim
- Judith Köppel Steel (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Wolfgang Manasse (M / Germany, 1929-194?), Holocaust victim
- Elisabeth Mendel / Lisa Loshin (F / Germany, 1931), Holocaust survivor * Chateau Le Masgelier
- Karl Mendel (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor * Chateau Le Masgelier
- Eugene Moses (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Helmut Moses (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Friedrich Reif (M / Germany, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Liane Reif Lehrer (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Harry Roth (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Horst Rotholz (M / Germany, 1924-194?), Holocaust victim * Chateau de Montintin
- Hans-Heinz Shelansky / Henry Shellan (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Helga Skotzki (F / Germany, 1927-1942), Holocaust victim -- Gunter, 46 ans, né le 26/04/1896, tricoteur, et son épouse Charlotte, 48 ans, née Feldmann le 14/04/1894, sont réfugiés à Clairac avec leurs deux enfants nés à Berlin (Allemagne), Helga, 15 ans, né le 10/11/1927, étudiante, et Inge, 14 ans, né le 02/12/1928, étudiant. Arrêtée parce que juive, elle est envoyée au Camp de Sauvaud à Casseneuil, avant d'être déportée sans retour du Camp de Drancy vers Auschwitz par le convoi n° 30 du 9 septembre 1942.
- Inge Skotzki (F / Germany, 1928-1942), Holocaust victim
- Walter Trödel (M / Austria, 1925-194?), Holocaust victim
- Erich Trödel (M / Austria, 1929-194?), Holocaust victim
- Gerda Waldbaum (F / Germany, 1937), Holocaust survivor
- Ernst Weil (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Rudi Windmüller (M / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Hidegard Wolff Goldsmith (F / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
Victims and Survivors
Emigrated to England by the Summer 1939
- Gerd Altschul / Gerry Allan (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Rolf Altschul / Rolf Allan (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
Emigrated to Morocco
Emigrated to the United States by 1942
- Friedrich Reif (M / Austria, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Liesl Joseph Loeb (F / Germany, 1928-2013), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Fisher (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Sol Messinger (M / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Rudolf Jacobsohn / Rudolf Cohen (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Liane Reif Lehrer (F / Austria, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Thomas Jacobsohn (M / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
Survived in hiding
- Walter Karliner (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Herbert Karliner (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Judith Köppel Steel (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
Survived by crossing the Swiss border
- Heinz Goldstein / Henry Gallant (M / Germany, 1928-2019), Holocaust survivor
- Fritz Vendig (M / Germany, 1932-2001), Holocaust survivor
- Heiner Vendig (M / Germany, 1937-2003), Holocaust survivor
Survived in camps
- Rudi Dingfelder / Robert Felder (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Ingeborg Levin / Inge Schneider (F / Germany, 1925), Holocaust survivor
- Hannelore Klein Grünberg (F / Germany, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Miriam Levin Michaelis (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Ines Spanier Jacoby (F / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Renate Spanier / Renee Goldman (F / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Michael Fink / Michael Barak (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Annemarie Karmann (F / Austria, 1935), Holocaust survivor
Perished in the Holocaust
- Horst Rotholz (M / Germany, 1924-194?), Holocaust victim
- Gunther Heilbrun (F / Germany, 1924-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ingeborg Heilbrun (F / Germany, 1925-194?), Holocaust victim
- Walter Trödel (M / Austria, 1925-194?), Holocaust victim
- Alexander Gruber (M / Germany, 1926-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ruth Karliner (F / Germany, 1927-1942), Holocaust victim
- Helga Skotzki (F / Germany, 1927-194?), Holocaust victim
- Evelyn Greve (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Lutz Grünthal (M / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ilse Simon (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ruthild Grünthal (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Evelyn Greve (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Inge Skotzki (F / Germany, 1928-194?), Holocaust victim
- Erich Trödel (M / Austria, 1929-194?), Holocaust victim
- Wolfgang Manasse (M / Germany, 1929-194?), Holocaust victim
- Joseph Brigitte (M / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
- Horst-Martin Grünthal (M / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
- Renate Weltmann (F / Germany, 1930-194?), Holocaust victim
- Sibyll Grünthal (F / Germany, 1931-194?), Holocaust victim
- Ernst Weistock (M / Germany, 1931-194?), Holocaust victim
- Werner Stein (M / Germany, 1936-1943), Holocaust victim
- Dieter Brandt (M / Germany, 1937-194?), Holocaust victim
- Gerhard Gabel (M / Germany, 1937-194?), Holocaust victim
- Joachim Hirsch (M / Germany, 1937-1944), Holocaust victim
External links
Pages in category "MS St. Louis (subject)"
The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
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- Rudi Dingfelder / Robert Felder (M / Germany, 1924-1986), Holocaust survivor
- Rosi Guttmann / Rose Adler (F / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Walter Karliner (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Egon Salmon (M / Germany, 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Helga Guttmann / Helga Fixler (F / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Herbert Karliner (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Eugene Moses / Gene Moser (M / Germany, 1926), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Karliner (F / Germany, 1927-1942), Holocaust victim
- Friedrich Reif / Frederick Reif (M / Austria, 1927), Holocaust survivor
- Lieselotte Arndt / Lotte Brown (F / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Hermann Fischer / Hans Fisher (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Heinz Goldstein / Henry Gallant (M / Germany, 1928-2019), Holocaust survivor
- Lutz Grünthal (M / Germany, 1928-1944), Holocaust victim
- Harry Guttmann / Harry Goodman (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Liesl Joseph / Liesel Loeb (F / Germany, 1928-2013), Holocaust survivor
- Helmut Moses / Harvey Moser (M / Germany, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Erich Stein / Eric Stein (M / Austria, 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Fischer / Ruth Bickhardt (F / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Fuld / Harry Fuld (M / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Ingeborg Weil / Ingeborg Ohringer (F / Germany, 1929), Holocaust survivor
- Gerd Altschul / Gerry Allan (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Jan Chraplewski / Jan Caron (M / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Horst-Martin Grünthal (M / Germany, 1930-1944), Holocaust victim
- Evelyn Klein / Evelyn Altman (F / Hungary, 1930-2002), Holocaust survivor
- Renate Reutlinger / Ronnie Breslow (F / Germany, 1930), Holocaust survivor
- Resi Adler (F / Germany, 1931), Holocaust survivor
- Klaus Blatteis / Clark Blatteis (M / Germany, 1932-2021), Holocaust survivor
- Salo Messinger / Sol Messinger (M / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Ines Spanier / Ines Jacoby (F / Germany, 1932), Holocaust survivor
- Fritz Vendig (M / Germany, 1932-2001), Holocaust survivor
- Rolf Altschul / Rolf Allan (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Gerd-Fritz Grünstein / Gerald Granston (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Rudolf Jacobsohn / Rudolf Cohen (M / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Edith Salmon / Edith Smith (F / Germany, 1933), Holocaust survivor
- Evelyn Aber / Evelyn Lisi (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Beatrice Bonne / Beatrice Sichel (F / Germany, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Liane Reif / Liane Lehrer (F / Austria, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- Michael Fink / Michael Barak (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Annemarie Karmann / Ana Gordon (F / Austria, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Hans Meyerstein / John Meyerstein (M / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor
- Wolfgang Schüfftan (M / Germany, 1936), Holocaust survivor
- Werner Stein (M / Germany, 1936-1943), Holocaust victim
- Peter Chraplewski (M / Germany, 1937), Holocaust survivor
- Joachim Hirsch (M / Germany, 1937-1944), Holocaust victim
- Heiner Vendig (M / Germany, 1937-2003), Holocaust survivor
- Ruth Blumenstock / Ruth Mandel (F / Austria, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Thomas Jacobsohn (M / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Judith Köppel / Judith Steel (F / Germany, 1938), Holocaust survivor
- Hans-Jacob Bonne (M / Germany, 1939), Holocaust survivor
Media in category "MS St. Louis (subject)"
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