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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Remembering the MS St Louis
Description: Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 Jewish refugees across the Atlantic, from Europe to North America. After being denied entry to Cuba, the United States and Canada, the ship returned to European soil, where at least 200 passengers would later be killed by invading Nazi forces. Gilda Spitz, whose husband's father, aunt and grandmother were on the ship, joins to discuss the event's legacy and how her in-laws survived the saga.
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