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why were jewish refugees on the ocean liner st. louis turned away while trying to enter the united states in 1939?

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The 937 passengers were almost all Jewish refugees. Cuba's government refused to allow the ship to land. The United States and Canada were unwilling to admit the passengers. The St.

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