Event
Struma disaster: , carrying Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to British-administered Palestine
24 Feb 1942 · 41.38° N, 29.22° E
What the records say
- When
- 24 Feb 1942
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.38° N, 29.22° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Struma disaster.
Summary
Struma disaster: , carrying Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to British-administered Palestine, is torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine Shch-213 in the Black Sea, killing about 791 men, women and children, with only 1 survivor.
The source
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