![Plan of the "St. Louis" [LCID: 1998rdmq]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6fa845ef-6eea-4c42-89dd-85a4b4065b31.jpg)
Plan of the two-propeller passenger liner the "St. Louis," showing cabins and room numbers. In 1939, this German ocean liner carried almost 1,000 Jewish refugees seeking temporary refuge in Cuba. It was forced to return to Europe after Cuba and then the United States refused to allow the refugees entry.
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