"Seventy years ago the steamship St. Louis idled at anchor within sight of the Miami Beach coastline in June 1939 with more than 900 Jewish refugees onboard who were who were fleeing persecution and seeking a safe haven in the United States, refuge was denied…and the world was changed forever.
NOW 70 YEARS LATER…
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CONTINUITY INVITES YOU TO MEET THE SURVIVING PASSENGERS OF THAT FATEFUL VOYAGE, HEAR THEIR STORIES, AND BE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY-MAKING WATERSHED EVENT IN JEWISH HISTORY
THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SS ST. LOUIS VOYAGE, PASSENGER REUNION AND COMMEMORATIVE EVENT
Sunday, December 13, 2009 – Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, Florida
10:30 a.m. Registration and Debut and Tours of a special United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archival Exhibition on the SS St. Louis Voyage
11:30 a.m. Brunch and Program Begins, Introductions of SS St. Louis Passengers and Dignitaries. Preview of Passenger J film.
Premiere of The Trial of Franklin D. Roosevelt, an original play by Robert Krakow (trustee of the passenger-signed U.S. Senate Resolution 111 documents) for which you, the audience, serves as the jury.
Official Passenger Resolution Signing and Presentation to United States National Archives “Legislative Treasures Vault”, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oskar Schindler Family Archives, and other significant institutions around the world for preservation and public display.
Menorah Lighting With SS St. Louis Passengers and Beachfront SS St. Louis Commemoration Ceremony........"
Read full program at http://thestlouisproject.com/?p=208.
"Gisela Knepel was just 15 when she boarded the SS St Louis as a refugee fleeing the Nazis for asylum in Cuba. Seventy years on, now Gisela Feldman and living in Manchester, she recalls how a voyage of hope turned into a nightmare..."
Read the full article:
http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/24697/it-was-a-cruise-then-suicide-attempts-began
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