Serpa Pinto Voyage

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1944 (indexed as 1944)

Level

item

Extent

Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,7 cm x W: 14,9 cm

Scope & content

B&w photograph with a white border. A portrait of four passengers aboard the Serpa Pinto. In the background, there is a doorway and women sitting on lounge chairs. To the right, there is a flight of stairs and to the left, there is a man smoking a cigarette , standing by a lounge chair. From left to right, cousin Frank, Alice Eckstein and two other people are shown. Narrative: The Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese transport ship, which sailed under the command of Captain Americo Dos Santos. With a capacity of 600 people, the ship made regular trips from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It has been said that the ship transported about 7800 refugees, among them hundreds of Jews during the Second World War. Alice Eckstein was the donor's mother. Due to Sam Shenkier's wealth, which was amassed through the Diamond Exchange in Belgium, his family was spared. He could afford to get them out of Europe and away from the Nazis. Sam Shenkier was the donor's father.

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CigaretteDeckGroup PortraitManPassengerPortraitRailingShipSmokingStepsWomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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