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WILHELM GUSTLOFF  NEWS & UPDATES

Check back to this section often where we'll post links to any of the latest Wilhelm Gustloff (and related) news stories.

Note that we cannot guarantee that these links
will be active for an extended period of time
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January 2007

The Unknown Tragedy of the Wilhelm Gustloff  - GERMAN LIFE (Dec06/Jan07 issue)

October 2006

German group returns ship's bell to Poland - EXPATICA

Tragic ship’s bell returned to Poland - GULF TIMES

Ship's Bell, Symbol of German-Polish Tension, Returns to Poland - BLOOMBERG

 

September 2006

War and Remembrance - THE NEW YORKER

Of Secrets, Ambiguity and Dual Human Nature - NEW YORK TIMES

 

August 2006

War Exhibit Further Strains German-Polish Relations - NEW YORK TIMES

Grass Roots - NEW YORK MAGAZINE

Human rights in Poland criticised - EU OBSERVER

A Nation Betrayed - NEW YORK SUN

Poland demands return of bell from exhibition - EXPATICA

Ghosts of the Baltic Sea (Review) - DIGITALLY OBSESSED

The last man they expected to have an SS Secret - TIMES ONLINE UK

Nobel Prize Winner Grass Under Fire for Belated SS Confession - DEUTSCHE WELLE

Polish Press Review: 'Exhibit Hurtful to Polish-German Relations' - DEUTSCHE WELLE

German refugee exhibit breaches European taboo - M&C ONLINE

Remembering German Victims - DER SPIEGEL

 

June 2006

WWII nurse, baby owe lives to each other - THE CHRONICLE HERALD

March 2006

Resting at sea - CAFÉ BABEL

February 2006

Living in the shadow of the past - CAFÉ BABEL

Maritime Disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries - CNN

Briefing: worst tragedies at sea - TIMES ONLINE UK

Safety on the waters - ABC NEWS

Titanic intrigue continues with Oshkosh exhibit - APPLETON POST CRESCENT

 

January 2006

Lincoln woman survived refugee boat sinking - LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

Conspiracy Misjudged - SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

 

November 2005

German veteran tells other side of WWII - SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

September 2005

Survivors gather in Gdynia for Wilhelm Gustloff documentary

August 2005

Birmingham Dive Show 2005 promises to be bigger and better - DIVE SOUTH AFRICA

May 2005

Berlin, heart of Europe - OPEN DEMOCRACY (UK)

She survived the avenging Red Army in the deadly last days of Nazi Germany -
MUSKEGON CHRONICLE

Second World War: The Battle of the Books - SPIKED

What you should know about World War II - THE REDIFF SPECIAL

Can EU, born from war, survive peace? - THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

The hunger stays for life - THE SENTINEL

 

April 2005

Germans wrestle with culture of memory - THE TORONTO STAR

 

March 2005

The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff - ABC RADIO NATIONAL AUSTRALIA (Summary)
mp3 podcast here

Welt am sonntag: We have more important subjects - NOVOSTI

 

February 2005

Soviet Army rolled up the Germans 60 years ago - EXPATICA

Dredging up memories - THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

 

January 2005

Remembering the night of the torpedoes - THE TORONTO STAR

A short biography of the Gustloff - THE TORONTO STAR
(editors note: incorrect facts in this article)

Ghost Ship Found (Steuben) - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Neo-Nazis snub Auschwitz debate - THE TIMES UK

 

December 2004

Pirate divers face jail for looting Nazi ghost liner - THE TIMES UK

Inspiration leaves Mann's mountain - THE GUARDIAN UK

 

November 2004

Rogue divers raid wartime wreck - TELEGRAPH UK

 

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