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Event

NFB documentary film: "The Voyage of the St. Louis"

Monday, February 8, 2010 14:00to16:00
Education Building 3700 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 1Y2, CA

On the rejection of Jewish refugees seeking to escape from Nazi Germany.

In the summer of 1939, the German luxury liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg to Cuba, carrying 937 Jewish refugees. When the ship was denied harbor, it wandered the seas for thirty excruciating days until the passengers were granted haven by four European countries. When the war began shortly after, many of the refugees found themselves once again in Nazi-occupied territory. A compelling true story combining vintage photographs, rare archival footage and the reminiscences of nine survivors. (National Film Board description)

Sponsored by the Refugee Research Project.

Information: 514-483-8705

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