EPISODES
This page compiles interesting episodes that relate Carmelina Gastón de Manrara’s experiences with important events during her lifetime. They are brushstrokes that illustrate how Carmelina looked at the world around her.
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These episodes transport us to life in the Colonia through the eyes of a 10 year-old Carmelina.Herfather, Miguel Gastón,ran a Colonia or sugar cane plantation in the province of Oriente.
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Carmelina was 20 years oldwhen the M.S. St. Louis, a German ocean liner of the Hamburg-America Line, sailedin 1939from Hamburg, Germanyto Havana, Cubawith 937passengers. Most were Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany during the build-up to World War II.
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In this episode Carmelina shares memories about life in school. The School was run by the Society of the Sacred Heart, a religious congregation founded in France by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800.
The Manrara Family History Video and Web Platform is based on Carmelina’s recollections, the matriarch of the Manrara Gastón family.