Unwanted: The Voyage of the St. Louis
As Berenson closes the door, you shake your head at your foolishness. You are not to blame here. You may have turned away nine hundred foreigners, but you have saved the livelihoods of thousands of your own people. Besides, you may have just saved your own career.
There are no right decisions in this world, and surely there will be someone else to play the hero that Berenson demanded.
You give the order for the St. Louis to leave your port and brush the guilt away. Days later, as the St Louis departs for Miami, Berenson comes back, trying to negotiate new terms. It doesn't look like the States will let the refugees in either and he seems desperate. You offer to take them back if they can come up with $453,500.
You know that they cannot pay this.
Berenson whines and wheedles, and you send him away. The ship is no longer your problem, these ghosts will not haunt you. After all, you didn't start the war.
There are no right decisions in this world, and surely there will be someone else to play the hero that Berenson demanded.
You give the order for the St. Louis to leave your port and brush the guilt away. Days later, as the St Louis departs for Miami, Berenson comes back, trying to negotiate new terms. It doesn't look like the States will let the refugees in either and he seems desperate. You offer to take them back if they can come up with $453,500.
You know that they cannot pay this.
Berenson whines and wheedles, and you send him away. The ship is no longer your problem, these ghosts will not haunt you. After all, you didn't start the war.