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Die Gustloff's cinematic impact may aim to mimic Cameron's Titanic, but this German made-for-TV film has a dark side.

Forgotten tragedies become unforgettable fiction in 12 novels that turn historical silence into powerful storytelling. Each ...

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

The D-boat with survivors from the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, about to be rescued by the RMS Carpathia. Photo: J.W.

David Frankfurter, Yugoslav Jewish medical student who assassinated Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi leader, in 1936, has been pardoned after serving half of his eighteen-year term, the Swiss radio ...

Two Antwerp-based creatives – Katrin Wouters of jewellery house Wouters & Hendrix and legacy model and meditation coach Hannelore Knuts – have joined forces on an unexpected piece of design: a scented ...

Over 225 former and current residents of Fayette County born in 1945 or earlier, along with their caregivers or younger spouses, followed that famous advice about taking time to smell the roses and ...

Fleeing war, thousands boarded the Wilhelm Gustloff. Hours later, the sea swallowed over 9000 of them in the deadliest maritime disaster ever recorded. Musk is done with Washington, but Washington ...

Rebecca Wilhelm, 74, of Tillamook, Oregon passed away peacefully at home April 24, 2025, Surrounded by those who loved her. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Rebecca—known fondly as Becki—was a woman of ...

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. The ruin of the old church has been converted into a war memorial. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church ...

The story of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 after she was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The story is told from the perspective of Prof. Holbourn (a passenger), the German U-boat and its ...