During the collection of passports, she was asked by the lead hijacker to single out the Jewish passengers on board.

Three Jewish passengers were taken of the bus and shot, two of them fataly.

Everyone realized there was going to be trouble at the forced disembarkation beforehand and some of the Jewish passengers even apologized in advance for this.

Thus, only 22 non Jewish passengers were allowed to disembark on Cuban shores.

When the truth about her efforts to protect Jewish passengers (by hiding their passports) was verified, she received threats from other extremists.

The hijackers threatened to kill the remaining, 100-odd Jewish passengers (and the French crew who had refused to leave).

The remaining 121 passengers were denied entry, including nearly all of the Jewish passengers.

But not one instance was recorded, he said, in which German officials tried to check the identity of a Jewish passenger.

But Bacos refused to leave the plane and the remaining 94 Jewish passengers.

She also hid the passports of Jewish passengers so they could not be singled out.