It would be one of those great stories that come up with the whole range of feelings if life hadn’t written them and if the ending had been brighter: Based on the literary template “Voyage of the Damned” by Max Morgan-Witts and Gordon Thomas, the Neuebuehnevillach stands out upcoming premiere on the St. Louis in See to save Jewish refugees from their persecution by the Nazis.
May 13, 1939: The St. Louis is anchored in the home port of Hamburg. On board were 937 passengers, almost all German Jews who wanted to go to Cuba to escape the Nazi regime. The passenger ship arrives in Havana at the end of May. But because entry regulations were changed, only 29 refugees, including 22 Jews, are allowed to disembark rescue, sets course for New York. But both US President Roosevelt and Canada refuse to accept them. The Germans march in. Supported by Jewish organizations, Schröder plans an accident off the British coast, which does not happen because Belgium lets the St. Louis dock in Antwerp and takes on the passengers , which are also divided between Great Britain, France and Holland before (less than a year later) the Germans invade and a quarter of them are murdered in the Holocaust. Premiere in the town hall: January 28, 7.30 p.m. Premiere via streaming: Click here Further dates until February 26 Tickets at Ö-Ticket and by telephone: 04242/27 3 41 The courageous Schröder, who advanced from NSDAP member to Jew rescuer, dies in Hamburg in 1959 and is posthumously named “Righteous among the Nations” by Israel. Anyone who would like to accompany their odyssey will have the opportunity to do so from January 28th.
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