Sr. Anne-Catherine AVRIL, nds. On 12 December 1940, a boat loaded with Bulgarian refugees who fled their country under the threat of Nazism, was headed for Israel. This boat was called ‘El Salvador’. It was wrecked off Turkey with 352 passengers, 108 were able to join the shore or rather were rejected by the … Continue reading Sister Regine: surviver of 1940’s shipwreck.