In January 1945, as Soviet forces tore through Eastern Europe, the former cruise liner MV Wilhelm Gustloff was thrown into Operation Hannibal, the vast German sea evacuation across the Baltic. Packed ...
In January, this column carried a story about the sinking of the ship Wilhelm Gustloff after it was torpedoed by Russians in 1945 during World War II, drowning 9,000 refugees from West Prussia (now ...