The German cruise liner Wilheim Gustloff seen here at anchor before World War II. The liner was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, S 13, towards the end of World War II with the death toll of more than 7000, more than five times the number killed when British liner Titanic went down., Germany

The German cruise liner Wilheim Gustloff seen here at anchor before World War II. The liner was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, S 13, towards the end of World War II with the death toll of more than 7000, more than five times the number killed when British liner Titanic went down., Germany

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Recording Date: Nov 21, 1939

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The German cruise liner Wilheim Gustloff seen here at anchor before World War II. The liner was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, S 13, towards the end of World War II with the death toll of more than 7000, more than five times the number killed when British liner Titanic went down., Germany

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