Nazi Titanic Watson Robert
Nazi Titanic Watson Robert Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. Later, during the…
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Nazi Titanic Watson Robert
Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. Later, during the war, Hitler's minister, Joseph Goebbels, cast her as the star in his epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic.Following the film's enormous failure, the German navy used the Cap Arcona to transport German soldiers and civilians across the Baltic, away from the Red Army's advance. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport.
Without adequate water, food, or sanitary facilities, the prisoners suffered as they waited for the end of the war. In the Third Reich's final days, the ill-fated ship was packed with thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Just days before Germany surrendered, the