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OCR: In May 1939 passenger ship calied the S.S. Sf Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany to Havana, Cuba with 930 German Jewish refugees on board. escape the Nazis, the passengers had purchased visas from Cuban embassies in Europe Upon their arrival in Havana, however, the Cuban government invalidated these visas and allowed oniy refugees to disembark Humanitari an aroups tried to secure permission for the remaining refugees to land the United States and Eleanor Rooseveit spoke on their behalf. Uitimately President Roosevelt ignored all pleas and the ship was forced return Europe Several western European countries finally offered sanctuary to the 908 remaining passengers these 619 were taken in by nations which were soon occupied l by the Nazis only groups Ultimately finaliy soor

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