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Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:41:55
Publish Date: 2021-04-28 04:00:00
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The deadliest shipwreck of all time took place on a cold January night in 1945, when a recommissioned German cruise ship carrying thousands of East Prussian refugees to safety in the west didn't notice the long slim Soviet sub following them in the icy Baltic waters until it was far too late.

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