Description
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Washington, D.C. [Published Date: no date listed, circe 1999]. Paper covers, 38 pp. Black and white illustrations with some in color.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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Condition & notes
In very good condition.Green illustrated paper covers have a few tiny nicks and light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. From page 1: "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicates this commemorative catalog to the 937 passengers of the St. Louis, who set sail from Europe to Havana in May, 1939." Contents include: List of passengers (pp 1-6); Chronology of the voyage; Introduction: Background, the Route Taken; Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938; Concentration camps in 1938; The St. Lous; Preparing to Leave Germany; Life on Board; The Arrival in Cuba; The American Response; The Journey Back to Europe; Resolution; Children on Board the St. Louis; The Disembarkation in Europe; After the Arrival in Europe; The Blumenstein Family; The Seligmann Family; Julius Hermanns; Oskar Blechner; The Dingfelder Family; Afterword: The Search; The Search Continues: List of passengers’ fates that remain unknown as of April 21, 1999; Publication Sponsors