Tosia Szechter (Schneider) on the deck of the SS Marine Flasher on her way to the United States, 1949.

ID: 211 ~ Source: Tosia Szechter Schneider Family Papers, William Breman Museum of Jewish Heritage, Cuba Family Archives ~ Date: 1949
This file appears in: Coming to America
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ID: A person wearing a buttoned jacket, slacks, and a head scarf standing on a boat.

This file appears in: Coming to America

By Tosia Schneider
"Well, we started off in Bremerhaven, and I remember we were on the S.S. Marine Flasher... As we approached the Harbor of New York, and we saw the Statue of Liberty, it was really a feeling of a new life beginning-- perhaps a life of…