Refugees aboard the St. Louis wait to hear whether Cuba will grant them entry, off the coast of Havana, Cuba, June 3, 1939 via National Archives (Credit: BCCC)
The conversation with Breslow, presented in conjunction with the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Certificate Program, will provide a detailed account of her life and experience in Nazi Germany.
Bucks County Community College’s Social & Behavioral Science Department in collaboration with the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center invite the public to a conversation with Ronnie Breslow, a survivor of the S.S. St. Louis, on Thursday, October 24 at 11 a.m. in the Gallagher Room on the Newtown Campus (275 Swamp Road, Newtown, Pa. 18940). The event will also be live streamed via Zoom.
The conversation with Ronnie Breslow, presented in conjunction with the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Certificate Program at Bucks County Community College, will provide a detailed account of her life and experience in Nazi Germany as well as on the S.S. St. Louis in 1939.
Ronnie Breslow, survivor of the 1939 S.S. St. Louis voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Havana, Cuba, only to be turned away from Cuba to return to Europe where 254 passengers perished in the Holocaust. (Credit: BCCC)On May 13, 1939, Ronnie Breslow and her mother boarded the St. Louis en route from Hamburg, Germany to Havana, Cuba. They sailed with 936 other passengers seeking refuge from Nazi Germany. Cuba's government refused to allow the ship to dock, as did the United States, and Canada. Turned away, the St. Louis returned to Europe, where 254 passengers of the St. Louis perished in the Holocaust.
The discussion will be moderated by:
Admission to the in-person and online event is free. The Gallagher Room is located within the Rollins Center on the Newtown Campus.
To learn more about the Holocaust and Genocide Studies certificate program at Bucks County Community College or the event, contact the Department of Social and Behavioral Science at [email protected] or 215-968-8270.
