MS St. Louis’ sole survivor in Canada reflects on trip
Ana Maria Gordon, the only survivor of the MS St. Louis who lives in Canada, speaks to The CJN in an exclusive interview.
Justin Trudeau to apologize for the St. Louis in House of Commons on Nov. 7
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue a formal apology in the House of Commons on Nov. 7 over the federal government’s decision in 1939 to turn away the MS St. Louis.
Canada will apologize for the St. Louis: Justin Trudeau
Canada will apologize for turning away the MS St. Louis on the eve of the Second World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to an appreciative Jewish audience on May 8.
Exhibit on fateful St. Louis voyage on at War Museum
The exhibition, produced by the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, in collaboration with the Atlantic Jewish Council and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, opened on March 20.
Canadian Jewry in the era of ‘none is too many’
What is most astonishing about this anti-Semitism is how few and how powerless Canadian Jews were at this time.