Description
One of the most intriguing maritime tragedies in history and painful events of World War II occurred on an infamous German ocean liner built to resemble the Titanic. The incident was so shocking that the details were sealed as “top secret” by the British government and only recently were all the documents made available. This is that story — a tale of a notorious Nazi ship, a grand propaganda film produced by Joseph Goebbels, a bizarre scheme by Heinrich Himmler involving concentration camp survivors to save the Third Reich, and a race against time during the final days of the war. Based on declassified documents and the award-winning book of the same title, this lecture explores a forgotten and pivotal moment from WWII.