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19 Refugees Make Ocean Trip in Frail Boat; Barred by Sweden

November 20, 1939
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Nineteen Jewish refugees of Latvian, Esthonian and Polish nationality, arrived at a Swedish port aboard a frail, unseaworthy motor boat, were permitted to remain two days for provisioning and then were escorted to the limit of territorial waters by a Swedish coast guard vessel.

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