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CA MHC PP-4-044-602.0
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Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945
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- 1952 (Creation)
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1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.5 cm
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In 1952 Heinz Schoen, a survivor of the Wilhelm Gustoff sinking, published a book enitled "Der Untergang der Wilhelm Gustoff". This boat was torpedoed in the night of January 30, 1945 by Soviet U-boats. Gerhard Lohrenz in "Heritage Remembered" writes that "with 5000 passengers aboard, was torpedoed...in front of Stolpmuende...among the 4000 dead, were a number of Mennonites". [HR 23]
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- MV Wilhelm Gustloff (ship) (Subject)
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044-602.jpg
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