More than six times deadlier than the Titanic, yet rarely remembered. The sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff claimed the lives of up to 9,000 people—mostly civilians—during the chaos of WWII’s final ...

In January 1945, over 10,000 civilians and soldiers boarded the Wilhelm Gustloff, fleeing Soviet forces. Hours later, it was gone—torpedoed and sunk, taking more lives than Titanic, Lusitania ...