On a freezing January night in 1945, a Soviet submarine unleashed hell on the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. Over 9000 lives—mostly civilians—were lost in minutes.

Ruta Sepetys crafts unforgettable stories about history’s forgotten voices. Her novels don’t just stay with you, they echo ...

“Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys — Kelly Wang Despite being one of the deadliest maritime disasters, the 1945 sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff is rarely talked about. Ruta Sepetys brings to ...

After hanging around town for three days, he asked his way to the home of Dr. Wilhelm Gustloff, physicist at the Davos observatory. Bustling Frau Gustloff ushered him into the study. When the ...

The in-depth story of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking and how over 9000 drowned. It’s January 30th, 1945, and a 10-year-old boy named Horst Woit is fleeing the war. Germany is losing ...

MV Wihelm Gustloff - January 30, 1945 The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was the pride of the Nazi Kraft durch Freude (“Strength Through Joy”) program. It was built with a capacity of 1,900 people ...

The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff is the worst naval disaster in history. Built in 1937 and named after an assassinated German martyr, the 25,484-ton vessel started life as a passenger ship for ...

Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen the Amber Room being packaged up and placed on board the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German transport ship, which was subsequently sunk in January 1945 by a Soviet submarine.

Davos was also the base of the NSDAP national group leader for Switzerland, Wilhelm Gustloff, during the Nazi era. Has Davos faced up to this part of its past? To this day, the town has not really ...

Here we list five of the worst ship disasters of the 19-20th centuries. MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German ship that sunk in 1945 during World War II. Around 9,000 people were killed.

According to IMDb, on January 30, 1945, little Hans Gudegast was one of the civilians aboard the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German-armed military transport ship that was evacuating German civilians ...