Refugee Flashcards
Isabel’s grandfather
Lito
Ivan’s older brother
Luis
Celebrates his bar mitzvah
Josef
The owner of Isabel’s boat
Señor Castillo
Has been to a concentration camp
Josef’s father
Starts a mutiny
Pozner
Son who shows little emotion
Waleed
Mean crewman on the M.S. St. Louis
Schiendick
Dies at sea
Iván
Has a sense of humor
Mahmoud’s father
Renata and Evelyne’s father
Dr. Aber
Luis’s girlfriend
Amara
“Well, she couldn’t choose. How could be? So my brother chose for her.”
Ruthie
“No! I don’t want my baby to be born in Cuba.”
Isabel’s Mama
“I’m so sorry I made you give Hana away.”
Mahmoud
“You said if I was quiet, if I stood very still, they wouldn’t come for me.”
Josef’s papa
“I wouldn’t live in this awful country even if it was made of gold!”
Mahmoud’s father
“Jewish rats.”
Schiendick
“No, no, we can’t leave him here! He’ll be all alone.”
Isabel
We will cruise the American coast and make appeals to President Roosevelt.”
Captain Schroeder
