The Deadliest Disaster At Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-known. Why? Today, 76 Years

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    The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands,
    Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?
    Today, 76 years ago, the William Gustloff,
    a former German cruise ship, was torpedoed
    with up to 10,000 German women, children, elderly
    and wounded fleeing the Russian advance. 9000 perished

    Some basic info here but more if you Google- including videos

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...qpcT2dUNR4JBv0KCWrBJLkZ0dNlrFACmOdPNra9sQxSXA
     
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