Authors: Armando Lucas Correa
The German Girl (41 page)
Elly Reutlinger and her nine-year-old daughter, Renate, pose near a dining area on the ship.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Renate Reutlinger Breslow)
Herbert Karliner poses with his father, Joseph, on the deck of the MS
St. Louis
. Herbert and his brother, Walter (not pictured), were the only members of their family to survive the war, immigrating to the United States in 1946.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herbert and Vera Karliner)
Group portrait of Jewish refugee children. Among those pictured are Evelyn Klein (
back row, center
), Herbert Karliner (
front row, left
), Walter Karliner (
front row, second from the left
), and Harry Fuld (
first row, far right
). The Kleins were allowed to disembark in Cuba.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Don Altman)
Portrait of Gustav Schröder, captain of the MS
St. Louis
.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herbert and Vera Karliner)
Ana Maria (Karman) Gordon and her mother, Sidonie, on deck, May 1939.
(Courtesy of Ana Maria Gordon)
Passengers aboard the MS
St. Louis
.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Liane Reif-Lehrer)
Fritz (now Fred) Buff and Vera Hess dance in the ballroom. After disembarking the
St. Louis
in Belgium, Fritz was later able to secure passage for New York in 1940.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Fred Buff)
Pictured in the foreground from left to right
: Ilse Karliner, Rose Guttman, Henry Goldstein (Gallant), Harry Guttman.
Behind, at the right
: Alfred and Sophie Aron.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herbert and Vera Karliner)
From left to right
: Irmgard, Josef, Jakob, and Judith Koeppel, a German-Jewish refugee family. Irmgard and Josef later died in Auschwitz, and Judith was sent to live in the United States with her aunt and uncle.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Judith Koeppel Steel)
Passengers attempt to communicate with friends and relatives in Cuba, who were permitted to approach the docked vessel in small boats.
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park)
ARMANDO LUCAS CORREA
is an award-winning journalist, author, and the editor for
People en Español,
the top-selling Hispanic magazine in the United States. Correa is the recipient of various awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the Society of Professional Journalism.
The German Girl
is his first novel. Please visit
ArmandoLucasCorrea.com
.
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