Sea mines were feared along the Baltic coast, so the planned route was to traverse the open sea. Finally, since the Gustloff hadn't been used in over four years, Captain Wilhelm Peterson only ...

The in-depth story of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking and how over 9000 drowned. It’s January 30th, 1945, and a 10-year-old boy named Horst Woit is fleeing the war. Germany is losing ...

The Wilhelm Gustloff before its first departure in 1938 ... The Soviet advance south of them had cut off land routes; their best chance at escape was on the Baltic Sea. Initially German officials ...

But with death counts of about 1,500 and 1,200 respectively, both are dwarfed by what befell the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German ocean liner that was taken down by a Soviet sub on Jan. 30, 1945 ...

The MV Wilhelm Gustloff refugee ship was sunk by Soviets with three tonnes of stolen gold on board - now there are claims it has been located TREASURE hunters have been trying to track down Hitler ...

Fear is a hunter. Inspired by the greatest tragedy in maritime history, four teenagers from four different European countries board the Wilhelm Gustloff cruise liner in hopes of surviving World ...

The Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed on Jan. 30, 1945, killing thousands of people—many of them refugees 31,039 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?