For Jewish passengers, a ticket on the St. Louis—which in 1939 set sail from Hamburg to Havana—represented an escape from Nazi persecution, a chance at a life of freedom. Instead, the journey is remembered as the “Voyage of Doom.” The world watched as the Cuban government turned the ship away from its harbor. Officials in the United States, only about 90 miles away, also refused the passengers safe haven, and the refugees were forced to return to Europe. Join us on World Refugee Day to learn the fate of the 937 passengers aboard the St. Louis. Speaker Dr. Diane Afoumado, Acting Director of the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Moderator Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum