![The "St. Louis," carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, waits in the port of Hamburg. [LCID: 88358]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/80ae5201-8dae-4f53-b448-16ce8868686b.jpg)
The St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, waits in the port of Hamburg. The Cuban government denied the passengers entry. Hamburg, Germany, 1939.
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