Sinking Hitler's Supership: In 1945, the voyage of the Wilhelm Gustloff is a last chance for thousands of terror-stricken German refugees desperate to flee Soviet troops. The ship is on its way to safety when its suddenly torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, sending more than 9,000 people to their deaths in the icy Baltic Sea. Now, NGC examines the events leading up to the catastrophe and looks for answers to the mystery surrounding the fateful night.

Starring:

Hildegard Rauschenbach, Heinrich Schwendemann, Yuri Chuchrikov, Erich Koch, Ursula Schulze-Resas, Sergei Shvizky, Jürgen Danöhl, Helmut Engler, Rosemarie Petrus-Resas, Werner Rahn, Fyodor Danilov, Eva Boden, Ivan Shnapzev, Viktor Germanov, Heinz Schön

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Documentary