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The ship St. Louis left Nazi Germany on May 13, 1939 with over 900 Jewish refugees bound for freedom in Havana, Cuba. The Cuban government reneged on its promise and refused them entry into the ...

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused Israel of attacking its ship. The Israeli army didn’t respond to a request for comment ...