‘Wilhelm Gustloff’ sunk (1-30-45)

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Feldpost (February 6, 1945)

Wilhelm Gustloff versenkt

HELSINKI – Das ehemalige ‚Kraft-durch-Freude‘-Schiff Wilhelm Gustloff wurde nach der Ausfahrt aus Danzig versenkt. 3.700 U-Boot-Mannschaften und 5.000 flüchtige NS-Beamte waren an Bord.

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Sorry for the Wiki but it was a “strength thru joy” ship. Not sure if it carried U-boot people, is that another sick joke :scream: :smiling_imp:

Strength Through Joy - Wikipedia

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Herbert Selpin probably did not kill himself in 1942

Herbert Selpin - IMDb

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The Pittsburgh Press (February 19, 1945)

7,700 reported lost in German sinking

LONDON, England (UP) – Stockholm dispatches said today that 7,700 persons were lost when the 25,000-ton German ship Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic.

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