Voyage of the Damned Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
41

Voyage of the Damned by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts Book Summary

The “extraordinary” true story of the St. Louis, a German ship that, in 1939, carried Jews away from Hamburg—and into an unimaginable ordeal (The New York Times).

On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, one of the last ships to leave Nazi Germany before World War II erupted. Aboard were 937 Jews—some had already been in concentration camps—who believed they had bought visas to enter Cuba. The voyage of the damned had begun.

Before the St. Louis was halfway across the Atlantic, a power struggle ensued between the corrupt Cuban immigration minister who issued the visas and his superior, President Bru. The outcome: The refugees would not be allowed to land in Cuba.

In America, the Brown Shirts were holding Nazi rallies in Madison Square Garden; anti-Semitic Father Coughlin had an audience of fifteen million. Back in Germany, plans were being laid to implement the final solution. And aboard the St. Louis, 937 refugees awaited the decision that would determine their fate.

Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts have re-created history in this meticulous reconstruction of the voyage of the St. Louis. Every word of their account is true: the German High Command’s ulterior motive in granting permission for the “mission of mercy;” the confrontations between the refugees and the German crewmen; the suicide attempts among the passengers; and the attitudes of those who might have averted the catastrophe, but didn’t.

In reviewing the work, the New York Times was unequivocal: “An extraordinary human document and a suspense story that is hard to put down. But it is more than that. It is a modern allegory, in which the SS St. Louis becomes a symbol of the SS Planet Earth. In this larger sense the book serves a greater purpose than mere drama.”

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Book Name Voyage of the Damned
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E-Book Size 5.87 MB

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Voyage of the Damned.. This is a shocking reminder of the result of hate, fear and prejudice. It resounds shamefully today. Horrifying that we are still capable of such acts of inhumanity. To be 'unwanted '. Heartbreaking.

To read. I have seen the film three times and at last read the book, finished it in two days and pleased I did it, as always it is, better than the film, a very satisfying experience. I have recommended the reading to my brother and sons, being cuban born it is a colorful description of the politic climate in the late 30th not only there and here in US but also in Europe at the verge of war, but especially about honor and kindness that moves me so deeply

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Summary of Voyage of the Damned by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts

The Voyage of the Damned book written by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts was published on 01 July 2014, Tuesday in the History category. A total of 41 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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