Secret History

The Voyage of the St. Louis (4x3)

Air date: Aug 01, 1996

A look at the story of the St. Louis, the last ship to leave Germany carrying Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler. Sailing for Cuba, it left in May 1939 but was refused permission to dock at Havana. It sailed on to Florida, where Roosevelt was unwilling to givethe refugees asylum, and eventually they returned to Europe, to face a dangerous future.