OP-ED: The Lesson of the M.S. St. Louis Is on Trial Again

In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees aboard the M.S. St. Louis sailed to the shores of Cuba and then the United States, seeking safety from Nazi persecution. Both nations refused to allow the boat to dock, and the refugees were forced back to Europe. Labeled the “Voyage of the Damned,” the M.S. St. Louis has since become one of the clearest and most painful symbols of what happens when a country closes its doors to those in desperate need of refuge. READ MORE