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Searching for Survivors: The Fate of the St. Louis Passengers

Public Program
St. Louis artifacts from the Museum’s collection. Gifts of Annette Gallagher, Henry Gallant, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Herbert Karliner, Julie Klein, and Betty Troper Yager. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, photograph by Lisa Masson

St. Louis artifacts from the Museum’s collection. Gifts of Annette Gallagher, Henry Gallant, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Herbert Karliner, Julie Klein, and Betty Troper Yager. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, photograph by Lisa Masson

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In 1939, the Cuban government turned away the MS St. Louis, a passenger liner carrying 937 people—almost all of them Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. With the passengers refused safe haven in the United States as well, the ship returned to Europe. Scott Miller, former director of curatorial affairs and co-author of the book Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust, will discuss the Museum’s ten-year project to uncover the fate of every refugee.

Speaker
Scott Miller, former director of curatorial affairs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

For more information, please contact the Midwest Regional Office at 847.433.8099 or midwest@ushmm.org.