{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"**SS St. Louis** \nDEFINITION: On 13 May 1939, 937 Jewish refugees escaped from Nazi Germany and took on the voyage of SS St. Louis and were en route to Cuba, hoping to find a safe “home” outside of Europe. Upon arrival at Cuba, passengers were rejected by the Cuban official to step foot in Havana, where the majority of the passengers were awaiting entry to the United States. A week after, the ship sailed toward the US and the US closed its doors to the Jewish refugees as they attempted to land at the Miami shore. The refugees were told to wait for their turn before America granted them entry, as most of them were on the waiting list for visas to the United States. The SS St. Louis' last destination was Canada, and there they were refused by prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who said that “ it was not Canada’s problem.” A full ship of Jewish passengers had no choice and was forced to return to Europe, where they were distributed to countries such as the Netherlands (181), Belgium (214), France (224) and the United Kingdom (288). Many of them were sent to concentration camps where 254 of those died in the Holocaust. ![ef11f5f88f61f065f40a5bc862ad576f](attached://159d9a07bb8862312a7cc7f33159a193 150x94) ","provider_name":"Coggle","provider_url":"https://coggle.it","thumbnail_url":"https://static.coggle.it/diagram/Xkzczy1cYttCjyXr/thumbnail","width":1920,"height":1200,"html":""}