The sinking of the Titanic may be the most infamous naval disaster in history, and the torpedoing of the Lusitania the most infamous in wartime. But with death counts of about 1,500 and 1,200 ...

The Wilhelm Gustloff before its first departure in 1938 and after its test in the Hamburg harbor Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo By the time the Soviet Union advanced on Germany’s ...

Over 9,000 people died in the Baltic Sea on January 30, 1945, in an attempt to evade the Red Army. The Wilhelm Gustloff was the most lethal shipwreck in history, but some details of the sinking remain ...

Guilt is a hunter. Fate is a hunter. Shame is a hunter. Fear is a hunter. Inspired by the greatest tragedy in maritime history, four teenagers from four different European countries board the Wilhelm ...

In her first novel, the international best-seller “Between Shades of Gray” (Philomel, 2011), Ruta Sepetys was inspired by the history of her father’s homeland of Lithuania, where in 1941 many families ...

“Winter, 1945. Four Teenagers. Four Secrets.” The voice of four young adults — Joana, Florian, Emlia and Alfred — tell a story leading up to the World War II tragedy, the sinking of the Wilhelm ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wilhelm Gustloff's Death It is World War 2 and you are aboard the MV Wilhelm Gustloff which has just been struck with 3 torpedo strikes. You will relive the ...

The Wilhelm Gustloff was torpedoed on Jan. 30, 1945, killing thousands of people—many of them refugees The victims of the worst maritime tragedy in history were not only Germans, but also Prussians, ...