Original WW2 German KDF Document - NS Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude, HSDG, MS Wilhelm Gustloff, menu card (1939)
Original WW2 German KDF Document - NS Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude, HSDG, MS Wilhelm Gustloff, menu card (1939)
The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was built for the KDF Kraft durch Freude in 1937, operated by HSDG Hamburg Süd. The ship was named after Wilhelm Gustloff, a Swiss nazi who was assassinated by a Jewish medical student in 1936. It was only used for a few years until the Kriegsmarine requisitioned it. From this period, it was used as a Lazarettschiff D and later during Operation Hannibal, in evacuating prisoners and refugees to Norway. The ship was filled with more than 9,000 civilians on its way to freedom, where later a Soviet S-13 submarine spotted the ship and struck it. The ship sank and more then 9.600 of 10.600 boarded on the ship died.
Die Deutsche Arbeitsfront.
Origineel Wo2 Duits KDF Document - NS Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude, HSDG, MS Wilhelm Gustloff, menukaart (1939)