The German Captains of the Caribia and the Koenigstein

A documentary film telling the story of two Jewish refugee boats, mostly from Austria, who needed to escape from the Nazi terror before the outbreak of the Second World War. The passengers on the Caribia & Koenigstein, were not given permission to enter several ports in the Caribbean Islands and Guana Islands. In the end, they were able to enter Venezuela thanks to the open-door policy of the President General López Contreras. Their stories is told in this film through testimonies of a number of the passengers, archival footage and different documents.