July 6, 1939 (Thursday) Approaching central North Atlantic shipping lanes
Helen’s Diary
Deck singing tonight-way up on top of the hospital on the aft deck. No stars-but a lovely night even so. hasn’t seemed like Saturday. There was a masquerade with prizes in the recreation room to-light. Ruth borrowed clothes from the crew and went as a deck steward. Elsie Smith won a prize as the Fuller Brush Woman. Dancing followed. We were all glad when George S. came down to get us to sing. Fun!
Ruth’s Diary
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News from Europe
Systematic Closure of Jewish Businesses in Nazi Germany
On this day, Nazi Germany implemented the next phase of its anti-Jewish drive: an order to close all remaining Jewish-owned enterprises, economic marginalization, and disempowerment of Jewish citizens. Not only did this signal readiness for even more extreme measures, but it also set a tone of state-sanctioned persecution and brutality that would become central to the Nazi war machine.