Nine Jewish refugees were among the passengers who died in the burning of the Italian liner Orazio at sea, the HLAS-ICA Emigration Association announced today. All were on their way to Latin American countries. Names of the victims, as listed by the association, were: Hugo Schoenfeld, Elizabeth Bossert, Adolph Hutter, Charlotte Heilborn, Bertha Kleiner, Ernst Metz, Israel El as Karl Menges and Anna Mengers.
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