SS St Louis Legacy Project

COMPLICIT, the untold story of why the Roosevelt Administration denied safe haven to Jewish Refugees

COMPLICIT, the untold story of why the Roosevelt Administration denied safe haven to Jewish Refugees

COMPLICIT, a new documentary film, explores the impact of the WWII Jewish refugee issue on the Roosevelt legacy. Candid interviews with surviving passengers from the refugee ship, SS St Louis, assert that the US Coast Guard prevented landing in US.

On Sunday January 13, 2013 at Valencia Palms, Delray Beach, Florida, four surviving passengers of the ill fated ship turned away from the US in 1939, joined the SS St Louis Legacy Project presenting views on Franklin D Roosevelt's legacy.

Author/playwright Robert M Krakow will narrate the courtroom drama where Joseph Kennedy, Cordell Hull and FDR are called to the stand to testify on FDR and the State Department's handling of the Jewish Refugee question during the pre-war and wartime

Dramatic video presentation and testimony of surviving passengers of ill fated SS St Louis, exploring Roosevelt Legacy and human rights issues. On November 7, Agaduth Sholem Synagogue, Stamford, Connecticut.

Historic Ceremony Sept 24, US State Department honors surviving passengers of SS St Louis, demonstratiing Administration's commitment to preventing genocide, fighting hatred, standing up for human rights

Immigrant from Europe to Israel, Israeli war veteran, surviving passenger of SS St Louis, Michael Barak is last living survivor from Israel. Boca Raton philanthopist brings Barak to US State Dept ceremony honoring their indominitable spirit

In 1939 the United States faced a moral dilemma, whether to allow entry of Jewish refugees facing Nazi terror. They were denied safe haven. Now 73 years later, surviving passengers of the ship that was turned away are being honored by US State Dept

On September 24, 2012 the US Department of State will honor surviving passengers of the ill fated ship named Voyage of the Damned, at an historic ceremony. Highlighting the theme of "not leaving our conscience at the door when we come to work"