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On this day, June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. [View all]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_4• 1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
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