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The Tragic Sinking of the SS Cap Arcona, 5,000 Concentration Camp Prisoners Killed

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Rick SpilmanMay 3, 2017

On this day, 72 years ago, May 3, 1945, the German liner SS Cap Arcona, serving as a prison ship, was sunk by Royal Air Force  fighter bombers in the Baltic Sea. Almost 5,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps who were being transported … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore of the Sea | Tagged concentration camp, RAF, SS Cap Arcona, world war II
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