With Cuba their last remaining hope, 11 of 14 German-Jewish refugees who were refused permission to land at Veracruz were on the high seas today aboard the steamship Iberia. All told Jacob Landau, president of the Jewish chamber of Commerce who visited the ship before it sailed from Tampico, that they would commit suicide by jumping into the sea rather than return to Germany.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
