At eight in the evening of Saturday, May 13, 1939, the transatlantic liner St. Louis of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG) set sail from the port of Hamburg bound for Havana, Cuba. The ship was carrying over 900 passengers, the vast majority of them German Jewish refugees, and 231 crew. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa. Atria Books @SimonSchuster Pre sale October 18, 2016

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