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Gustav Schroeder, captain of the "St. Louis," on the day of the ship's departure from Hamburg. [LCID: 88372]
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Gustav Schroeder, captain of the St. Louis

Gustav Schroeder, captain of the St. Louis, on the day of the ship's departure from Hamburg. Neither Cuba nor the US granted refuge to the ship's passengers. Germany, May 13, 1939.

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