In 1939, the ships St. Louis, Orduña, and Flandre brought Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany to Havana, Cuba. Cuban officials turned away the majority of the refugees on these ships. Explore more resources related to Cuba during the Holocaust (1933-1945).
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