The SS City of Benares sunk, claiming the lives of 134 passengers and 131 crew members—including 83 of the 90 children sent by their parents to Canada for safekeeping.” “No!” I cried out. How could this have happened? Surely even the Nazis wouldn’t target a ship full of children? Susie read aloud other details about the children on board the SS City of Benares. They came from British families bombarded by the Blitz as well as refugee families who feared for their Jewish children’s lives should Hitler successfully invade England, although I had to read between the lines to reach that
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Newspaper avoids word jewish
