VOYAGE OF FREEDOM VOYAGE OF DOOM.

GERMAN Jews -- History -- 20th century; POLITICAL refugees -- History -- 20th century; AMERICAN Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; GERMAN Jews -- Social conditions; BERENSON, Lawrence; EMIGRATION & immigration law -- United States -- History -- 20th century; SCHROEDER, Gustav; CUBA -- Politics & government -- 1933-1959

The article discusses the passenger ship the "St. Louis" that carried several hundred German-Jewish refugees during the late 1930s. The article describes U.S. immigration laws, the plight of the passengers of the "St. Louis" helmed by captain Gustav Schroeder as it attempted to enter Havana, Cuba, and the efforts of the relief organization the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and attorney Lawrence Berenson to negotiate with the Cuban government. INSET: U.S. STANDS FIRM ON QUOTAS.