Schröder, Gustav, 1885-1959
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Name (Hebrew)
שרדר, גוסטב, 1885-1959
Name (Latin)
Schröder, Gustav, 1885-1959
Other forms of name
Schröder, Gustav, 1885-
Date of birth
1885
Date of death
1959
Gender
male
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MARC
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Sources of Information
- MS "St. Louis" : die Irrfahrt nach Kuba : Frühjahr 1939 : Kapitän Gustav Schröder rettet 906 deutsche Juden vor dem Zugriff der Nazis, 2002:
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Wikipedia description:
Gustav Schröder (German: [ˈɡʊs.taf ˈʃʁøː,dɐ] ; 27 September 1885 – 10 January 1959) was a German sea captain most remembered and celebrated for his role in attempting to save 937 German-Jewish passengers on his ship MS St. Louis having sailed from Hamburg to escape Nazis in 1939. Disembarkation of nearly all of the passengers at the official destination port of Havana, Cuba, was refused in the midst of Cuban political turmoil and corruption. Knowing the risks to his passengers of returning them to Hamburg, Capt. Schröder sailed on to several other countries, in order to save the lives of his passengers. Most notably, America and Canada refused his plea for landing passengers as refugees.
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