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Axel Heye · 1 year ago

I was told by Germans with maritime background that this movie had nothing to do with reality.
Tim Flanagan · 1 year ago

Thanks for the post. I had never heard of this disaster. Titanic, Lusitania, Bismark, Edmund Fitzgerald...THEM I've heard of! Funny how this little 9,000-casualty event escapes ones notice.
Axel Heye · 1 year ago

Well there was another one with 4.600 fatalities. The ships name was Cap Arkona from Hamburg Sued. I just can't find anything in english about it
Tim · 1 year ago

Great Story --- how come no one knows about this???
Axel Heye · 1 year ago

I found some info on the Cap Arkona desaster. the link is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Arcona

We never learned at school about it but since my father was the youngest PT boat commander and my grandfather the boss of the German Navy Seals (Einzelkaempfer/1-Mann U-Boote) we talked at home about it