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Once the voting was complete, the wilhelm gustloff departed, reaching hamburg on. An estimated 9,000 passengers were killed in the sinking, making it the greatest maritime disaster in history. According to the list of passengers on the 30th aboard the gustloff were 918 naval officers and men, 173 crew, 373 members of the womans naval auxiliary units, 162 wounded, and 4,424. It was sunk in the baltic sea on the night of january 30, 1945, by a soviet submarine. Wilhelm gustloff the greatest maritime disaster in history. As the wilhelm gustloff made ready to take on passengers in late january 1945, the ships crew was stunned by what they saw. The wilhelm gustloff had been attacked by soviet submarine s commanded by alexander marinesko. The following is from my book, hellstormthe death of nazi germany, 19441947 for millions of germans cut off on the baltic.
The vessels christened name was the nazi way of immortalising one of their party members, a commander of the national socialist party in switzerland. Bundesarchiv the sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff by the soviet submarine s resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in history with the largest loss of life at sea. The last voyage of the gustloff, the crimson ocean, the gustloff, the last voyage of the gustloff, the ship of no return. Movie video of the ocean liner mv wilhelm gustloff. Au cinema, dans nacht fiel uber gotenhafen titre francais. The gustloff incident historys deadliest and mostly.
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German film loosely based on the sinking, by a soviet. This film would not have been made were it not for the simple fact that the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in january 1945 remains the greatest single maritime disaster. Kai wiesinger,valerie niehaus,heiner lauterbach,dana vavrova,michael mendl,karl markovics,francis fultonsmith,nicolas solar lozier,detlev buck,ulrike kriener,alexander held,monica attard,stefan becker,mirco bergmann,ines borkowski,martin bross,rene bohnke,malina ebert,wilma. The gustloff finally left port just after midday on the 30th of january, 1945 with 10,582 people on board. I just noticed that a new movie about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff is coming out march 10th 2008. Joseph vilsmaier twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a german passenger ship, at the end of world war ii. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 january 1945 by soviet submarine s in the baltic sea while evacuating german civilian refugees from east prussia, lithuania, latvia, poland and estonia and military personnel from gotenhafen gdynia as the red army advanced. Movie on wilhelm gustloff before sinking wilhelm gustloffalexander marinesko was facing a court martial due to his problems with alcohol and for being caught in a brothel while guxtloff and his crew were off duty, so marinesko was thus deemed not suitable to be a hero for his actions.
Scores of ss officers, topranking nazi officials, members of the german womens naval service, and hundreds of wounded german soldiers, fragmented army units, and fleeing peasants. The last voyage of the gustloff 2008 is a national geographic tv show about the wilhelm gustoff, a german ship that set sail from gdynia, poland to kiel, germany in january 1945. Pronunciation of wilhelm gustloff with 1 audio pronunciation, 1 meaning, 2 translations and more for wilhelm gustloff. Mv wilhelm gustloff german refugee ship sunk in 1945.
Young adult author ruta sepetys revisits the ships 1945 sinking in. It was made for television in 2008 and broadcast in this region some months ago. The last voyage of the gustloff online full episodes of. The sinking remains the worst maritime disaster in history but the titanic and other muchpublicised losses tend to shield the wilhelm gustloff from greater scrutiny. Apr 09, 2017 the sub followed the wilhelm gustloff for a couple of hours, and, when it was about 20 miles offshore, fired three torpedoes at it.
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The sub followed the wilhelm gustloff for a couple of hours, and, when it was about 20 miles offshore, fired three torpedoes at it. Film recalls horror of worlds worst maritime disaster the independent. The wilhelm gustloff, like the titanic, was a big passenger liner and was reasonably new and luxurious. In fact, even the swimming pool had been drained and filled with passengers. When the wilhelm gustloff was torpedoed by a soviet submarine and sank, it was an event unlike any in naval history, because of the sheer scale of the tragedy. Wilhelm gustloff passenger ship 19371945, wreck, wreck database. Mv wilhelm gustloff in danzig german refugee ship wilhelm gustloff sunk in 1945 in january, 1945 nazi germany was collapsing and what was left of its armed forces were in full retreat from the vast eastern front pursued by an avenging russian army. Soon after leaving the harbor of danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the soviet. Joseph vilsmaiers twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff.
Long shrouded in soviet secrecy, the remains of the german refugee ship wilhelm gustloff mark the largest maritime disaster in the history of the world, one that claimed more than 9,000 lives. The wilhelm gustloff loaded with 10,000 civilians and wounded soldiers was sank by a soviet submarine in less than 55 minutes. Forty minutes later the ship was 140 feet deep in the icy waters of the baltic sea. The adventures of werner holt full movie watch online. Wilhelm gustloff 30 january 1895 4 february 1936 was the founder of the swiss nsdapao the nazi party organisation for german citizens abroad at davos. The ship was designed to comfortably carry 1,880 passengers and crew but they crammed it full to capacity. Everything you need to know about salt to the sea movie. Whats the story at the end of wwii, three refugees from east prussia believe their way to safety is on the ship the wilhelm gustloff.
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