The Archive · 1939

For Two Days

St, Louis Reaches Antwerp With Jewish Emigres

Antwerp, June 18. The German liner St. Louis arrived here with 917 German Jewish refugees aboard yesterday and revealed that for two days the refugees have been without drinking water.

None of the refugees was ill however, and they appeared to be looking forward to disembarking in their temporary refuges in Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Only those admitted to Belgium were permitted to land here.

The St. Louis attempted to land the refugees in Havana two weeks ago but they were denied admission. Other nations of the Western Hemis-

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