Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

Identifier: irn37758
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37758

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Ignacio Sosa, the son of Bertha Loret de Mola.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts associated with the 1939 voyage of the MS St Louis acquired by Bertha Loret de Mola from her parents, Luis Loret de Mola and his wife, Maria Luisa Bettencourt, in Havana, Cuba.

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Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39860
- English
- overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...
Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39861
- English
- overall: Height: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Width: 11.875 inches (30.163 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
One of two serving trays acquired from a passenger on the ocean liner, St. Louis, in May 1939 by the parents of Bertha Loret de Mola, Luis and Maria Luisa, while the ship was docked in the harbor in Havana, Cuba. The de Molas offered to donate money to some of the passengers, but rather than accept charity, passengers sold some of their belongings. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, for Cuba on May 13, 1939. On board were 937 passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi controlled territories. The plan was to wait in Cuba for permission to enter the US, but Cuban authorities denied entr...

Bertha Loret de Mola family collection

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Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis

Chinese export trade serving tray with a floral design acquired in Havana from a Jewish refugee on board the St. Louis