Fleeing from the Gestapo, Ernst Gunter Beier, 22, rode his motorcycle out of Germany toward France, and on Sept. 1, 1938, boarded presumably the last ship sailing to America: the German liner Columbus. His mother had purchased the ticket. A family friend secured a BMW-750 for his escape. Midway at sea, the young man heard the ship's engines idle. The captain had received orders to return ...
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