Creepy Reason Nobody Talks About The Deadliest Ship Disaster In History

Everyone knows about the Titanic because of the movie, but have you ever heard of the Wilhem Gustloff? The number of lives lost were 6 times greater than the sinking of the Titanic. Check out today's epic story of hos the Wilhem Gustloff sank to the bottom of the sea, talking almost 9000 people with her.

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[JS.]

My grandfather and his family were fleeing from the russians during that time and also wanted to board the gustloff. They barely missed the departure of the ship. If they were not that lucky I most likely would not be here, it is crazy to think about how close it was.

[arnonym]

I´m from Germany and my grandfather was on the Wilhelm Gustloff as a kid. He, his mother, and his two siblings were on the ship. Only he and his mother made it to Germany alive. His siblings, 2 and 7 years old died.

[wolfspirit]

This ship is criminally underrated and unknown

[tribeofone]

It’s so strange to have never heard of something that impacted so many lives. Great video

[germaninja]

My great grandmother was a nurse on this ship. I’ve always tried to educate people about this ship when I can. One of the torpedoes hit the swimming pool where the nurses were staying. My great grandmother was on a walk at the time. Had it not been for that fact I wouldn’t be here

[postmortem]

This is very interesting. It’s a shame not many people know about this. Rip to all the lives lost.

[Zoologically_Explained]

imagine your story being replaced by a story about an unsinkable ship that well sunk

[simple-commentator-not-rea]

During WWII, there were more than perhpas 3 dozen different maritime disasters in which the casulties were higher than the Titanic. And most of them were Axis powers.

[teknofreak]

I once did an internship in an Rehabilitation Hospital in Germany. One old man was very talkative with me and liked me. He said he lived in east Prussia and during the escape from there he saw terrible things, mass executions etc. On the way, his Brother died of Pneumonia, which caused them to miss their ship. He then told me the name of the ship and that his brothers death saved them. I heard the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff before and will never forget what this man told me.

[ives]

Fun Fact: Sometimes, the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem obviously dangerous. Sometimes, surviving is the hardest thing of all.

[alan_decker]

Wow, someone actually covered the wilhelm gustloff, finally.

[utkarshraghav]

Imagine what would have happened if someone like Alexander Marinesko was in place of Stanislav Petrov or Vasili Arkhipov during the 1983 Soviet Union nuclear false alarm incident.

[GreenEyedGerudo]

Fun Fact: the actor that played John Jacob Astor in 1997 Titanic was on this ship as a kid 👍

[xaviershoooops]

Wow, I love how he’s not disturbed by this stuff

[jrandall]

Was always fascinated by the Titanic, but never knew this story. Thank you.

[jamesricker]

The reason it is so little known is because with everything that was going on in 1945, 9000 civilians dying was barely noticeable

[caribbeanspice]

i recently found out about this ship...truly horrifying. also, the sinking of doña paz is also a very tragic event that was even worse than titanic imo.

[j.w.b]

There were several ships which were destroyed at the end of the war. Over 20, 000 people died during the attacks, mostly civilians or even former concentration camp inmates.

[catswillruletheworld]

It's incredible how many lesser-known ship sinkings there are that make Titanic look like a teacup tragedy in comparison. Lusitania is one I only learned of a few years back. Today is the first time I've heard of the Gustloff. There are so many tragedies that get rug-swept that no one knows about them unless they go looking.

[STB]

My grandmother used to tell me about this story and that her mother missed going on the ship for just some minutes as it was already leaving the port.

I'm glad my great grandmother missed it. Otherwise I couldn't comment on this video today.