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Subject: [CUBA-L] Important(e) Please Read!
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 10:15:09 EST


(Nota sigue en Español)

Today's "Parade Magazine" (12-8-2003); has a story of the SS St. Louis, a
ship carrying 937 men, women, and children fleeing the Nazis, which the US
government turned away in 1939. The Survivors Registry at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum is seeking information on its passengers, and testimony on what
happened to them.

Among the passengers still not documented and accounted for are three young
Cuban girls traveling to Cuba from Lille, France, via New York. I thought that
it would be a nice project for the Cuba-L members...lets find them!

Mercedes (15 years old), Ramira (14 years old) and Zeza (13 years old)
MENENDEZ.

To be traveling (unaccompanied ?) at this early age they had to be from a
well established family. They would have been born c1923-1927, and would have
married late 1940s, if they survived and returned to Cuba.

Please contact Scott Miller; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raol
Wallenberg Place, SW., Washington, DC 20024, or e-mail at; , if you
have any information.

Jorge Piñon

La revista dominical de hoy, "Parade Magazine" (8-12-2003), publica un
articulo sobre el buque de pasajeros SS St. Louis, cual transportaba 937 hombres,
mujeres y niños que escapaban de los Nazis en 1939, y los EEUU no dejaron
atracar teniendo que regresar a Europa. El "Registro de Sobrevivientes" del US
Holocaust Memorial Museum, esta documentando y solicitando testimonio sobre sus
pasajeros.

Entre los pasajeros se encontraban tres niñas Cubanas, que viajaban a Cuba
procedentes de Lillie, Francia, via Nueva York. Pienso que seria un interesante
proyecto para los participantes de Cuba-L...porque no las encontramos!

Mercedes (15 años de edad), Ramira (14), Zaza (13), MENENDEZ.

Debian de ser miembros de una familia bien establecida para estar viajando
solas. Debieron de nacer c1923-1927 y si sobrevivieron y regresaron a Cuba se
pueden haber casado durante la seguna mitad de los años 1940.

Para mas informacion por favor contacte; Scott Miller, US Holocaust Museum,
100 Raol Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024, o por correo electronico;


Jorge Piñon

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