Wilhelm Gustloff - The worst naval disaster in maritime history-

In this short video I am talking a little bit about the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff ( 1938-1945)
Class and type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 25,484 GRT
Length: 208.5 m (684 ft 1 in)
Beam: 23.59 m (77 ft 5 in)
Height: 56 m (183 ft 9 in)
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Decks: 5
Installed power: 9,500 hp (7,100 kW)
Propulsion
4 × 8-cylinder MAN diesel engines
2 × 4-blade propellers
Speed 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity 1,465 passengers (as designed) in 489 cabins
Information Source: wikipedia
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[@rosesprog1722]

It may not have been a war crime in the book but you can't just discount the 5,000 children that were on board because there were military personel on board so no war crime but a clear crime against humanity for the young victims no one ever talks about.

[@TheToolnut]

It was a crime against humanity by Soviet swine.

[@rosesprog1722]

@@TheToolnut Yeah, there was clearly a plan to blame the civilians for crimes they had nothing to do with and murder as many as possible, most after the war had ended: 5 million during the war and 11 million after the end, nothing like that had ever happened before.

[@TheToolnut]

@@rosesprog1722Twelve million ethnic German's were ethnically cleansed from Eastern and Central Europe after the war, 250,000 of them were murdered. Those facts are never mentioned because they don't tie in with the victor's narrative.

[@anonymousm9113]

Thanks for the video!

[@PoliticalGangster]

so sad so many lives lost in such a terrible way. woman and children. innocent.