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The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
In January 1945, an estimated 9,400 people died when a German military transport ship was sunk by a Soviet submarine. Hear from a survivor of the worst maritime disaster ever.
In January 1945, an estimated 9,400 people died when the German military transport ship, the Wilhelm Gustloff, was sunk in the Baltic by a Soviet submarine. The victims were almost all civilians trying to escape the advancing Red Army. In 2011, the late Horst Woit spoke to Neal Razzell about surviving what's thought to be the worst maritime disaster in history.
PHOTO: The Wilhelm Gustloff in 1938 (Getty Images)
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