Apr

12 2018

The MS St. Louis and the Refugee Crisis - a presentation

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Barney Danson Theater at the Canadian War Museum. 1 Vimy Pl, Ottawa
Ottawa, ON K1A 0M8

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Lecture on Yom Hasoah, by Dr. Diane Afoumado of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees boarded the German ocean liner St. Louis. They expected to find a safe haven across the Atlantic — instead, they were denied entry to Cuba, then the United States and, finally, Canada. The exiles returned to Europe, where many were killed in the Holocaust. Through photographs, texts and audiovisual materials, St. Louis – Ship of Fate explores the circumstances that led to this tragedy, including the rise of Nazism, international indifference to the plight of refugees, and the dark history of Canadian immigration and anti-Semitism during the 1930s.

Sponsor: CHES and the Canadain War Museum