The Voyage of the St. Louis

Documentary film about the ship "St. Louis", a ship of refugees on which in May 1939 around 930 German Jews sailed to Cuba in hope of a new life far from the Germany of Hitler. The passengers on the St. Louis were not permitted to enter Cuba and the ship returned to Europe. England, Belgium, France and Holland agreed to accept the passengers of the St. Louis, but most were later victims of the Nazis. Includes testimonies, photographs, archival films and documentation of a reunion with around 9 survivors of the St. Louis.