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  cap arcona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From the end of 1944 the Kriegsmarine transferred her back to transport use and she was used to transport refugees from East Prussia to the west of Germany.
On April 26 1945, the Cap Arcona was loaded with prisoners from the concentration camp Neuengamme and together with two smaller ships, the Thielbek and the Athen, was brought into the Lübeck Bay with the intention to destroy evidence of what happened at Neuengamme.
On May 3 1945, the Cap Arcona, the Thielbek, the Athen and the passenger liner Deutschland floated unprotected in the Lübeck bay between Neustadt and Scharbeutz and were sunk by allied aircraft.
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 The 1945 Sinkings of the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek
The Thielbek, a much smaller ship of 2,800 gross registered tons, was also used to transport refugees as part of the rescue operation.
Some 5,000 prisoners hastily evacuated from the Neuengamme concentration camp (a few miles southeast of Hamburg) were brought on board the Cap Arcona between April 18 and 26, along with some 400 SS guards, a naval gunnery detail of 500, and a crew of 76.
Among the many 'nameless' victims were many prominent political figures, a fact that is hushed up today because the fact that concentration camp inmates, many of them resistance fighters against Hitler, perished as victims of the terror of the 'liberators' does not conform to the portrayal of the 'reeducators'.
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 SS Cap Arcona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the end of 1944, the Kriegsmarine transferred the ship back to transport use and it was used to transport refugees from East Prussia to western Germany.
On April 26, 1945, Cap Arcona was loaded with prisoners from the concentration camp Neuengamme and together with two smaller ships, Thielbek and Athen, was brought into the Bay of Lubeck with the intention of destroying evidence of what happened at Neuengamme by scuttling the ships with the prisoners imprisoned below.
About 7,000 to 8,000 prisoners from the concentration camps (Neuengamme, Stutthof, Mittelbau-Dora) drowned; survivors reaching the shore were shot by the SS (a German acronym for Schutzstaffel), but about 350 managed to escape the tragedy.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From the end of 1944 the Kriegsmarine transferred her back totransport use and she was used to transport refugees from East Prussia tothe west of Germany.
On April 26, 1945, theCap Arcona was loaded with prisoners from the concentrationcamp Neuengamme and together with two smaller ships, the Thielbek and the Athen, was brought into the Lübeck Bay with the intention to destroy evidence of what happened at Neuengamme.
On May 3, 1945, the Cap Arcona, the Thielbek,the Athen and the passenger liner Deutschland floated unprotected in the Lübeck bay between Neustadt and Scharbeutz and were sunk by allied aircraft.Approximately 7,000 to 8,000 prisoners from the concentration camps (Neuengamme, Stutthof, Mittelbau-Dora) were drowned; any survivors were shot by the SS.
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 EZGeography - SS Cap Arcona
On April 26 1945, Cap Arcona was loaded with prisoners from the concentration camp Neuengamme and together with two smaller ships, Thielbek and Athen, was brought into the Lübeck Bay with the intention of destroying evidence of what happened at Neuengamme, by scuttling the ships with the prisoners imprisoned below.
On May 3 1945, Cap Arcona, the Thielbek, Athen and the passenger liner Deutschland (converted to a Hospital ship but unmarked as such) floated unprotected in the Bay of Lubeck between Neustadt and Scharbeutz and were sunk in four separate attacks by RAF Typhoons using rockets and bombs.
Approximately 7,000 to 8,000 prisoners from the concentration camps (Neuengamme, Stutthof, Mittelbau-Dora) were drowned; survivors reaching the shore were shot by the SS but about 350 managed to escape massacre.
www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Cap_Arcona   (306 words)

  
 Cap Arcona, Thielbek, Athen.
The Cap Arcona, the Thielbek and the Athen.
She was hit by several bombs during the air-raid on the river Elbe in the summer of 1944.
On the 18th April, SS men came aboard and captain John Jacobsen of the Thielbek and Captain Bertram of the Cap Arcona were called to a conference.
www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de /rz3a035/arcona.html   (3332 words)

  
 Le « Cap Arcona », le « Thielbek », l'« Athen » et le « Deutschland».
Le « Thielbek » était un cargo de 2 815 tonneaux.
Le 18 avril, des SS vinrent à bord, le capitaine du « Thielbek », John Jacobsen, et le capitaine du « Cap Arcona », Bertram, furent appelés à une conférence.
Des toilettes temporaires furent installées sur le pont du « Thielbek » et l'embarquement commença le 20 avril.
www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de /rz3a035/alain.html   (4317 words)

  
 News-Star OnlineBook tells '100-year secret' years early 02/03/05
On May 3, 1945, RAF planes repeatedly bombed and strafed the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek, setting them on fire and killing most of the prisoners aboard.
The British public was sensitive to the fact the RAF was razing German cities with ruthless bombing raids and disliked the fact that England was doing to the Germans what the Germans had done to them.
He and Pool researched the Cap Arcona and Thielbek sinkings for their concise and non-recriminatory telling of a story that merely presents the information known so far.
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 Neuengamme Victims from the Bombing of the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Neuengamme Victims from the Bombing of the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek
In early May 1945, with the approach of British forces, German officials in Hamburg and its concentration camp, Neuengamme, sought to eliminate all evidence of this camp.
They decided to march over 7,000 prisoners to the nearby port of Lübeck and load them on a several old freighters, including the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek, located in the harbor.
www.jewishgen.org /databases/Holocaust/0116_Neuengamme.html   (479 words)

  
 Thielbek - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a stub.
This page was last modified 15:24, 6 Jun 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Thielbek contains research on
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 mdc int. - film distribution & world sales
The British intelligence detected many war sea targets in the area of the Bay of Lübeck and Kiel.
It was a terrible mistake: the luxury liner Cap Arcona was transformed into a sea of flames.
The frighter Thielbek was shot full of holes and sank within 20 minutes.
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 Thielbek Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Thielbek from LiveJournal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Both vessels are flying white flags, as there are almost 7,000 concentration camp prisoners aboard.
The greatest ship disaster in history occurred on May 3, 1945 in Lübeck Bay in the Baltic Sea.
Three German ships were involved: the Cap Arcona, the Thielbek and the Athen.
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 Thielbek articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thielbek articles and news from Start Learning Now
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 Other Disasters - Thielbek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Thielbek was sunk in Lubeck Bay on May 3rd, 1945 by the RAF.
Another ship filled with refugees was also sunk during the same attack.
The ships carried some 15,000 prisoners and only 1,600 among them survived.
www.compunews.com /thielbek.htm   (59 words)

  
 Northwest Herald - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some guards abandoned their wards and vanished, seeking their own salvation.
Somehow, RAF intelligence came to fear that the two ships anchored in the Baltic were to be used to help Nazi officials escape to Norway or Sweden, and ordered their destruction.
researched the Cap Arcona and Thielbek sinkings for their concise and non-recriminatory telling of a story that merely presents the information known so far.
www.nwherald.com /EntertainmentSection/print/293638998973254.php   (472 words)

  
 Holocaust survivors: The Dentist of Auschwitz, Ch. 18: Inferno
Nearby were two smaller ships, the Thielbek and the Deutschland.
The latter was tipped to one side and on fire.
On May 2, in Lübeck harbor, several hundred Jews who had been evacuated from Stutthof were taken out in small boats to be put on board two large ships in the harbor, the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek.
www.nizkor.org /features/dentist/chapter-18.html   (2219 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1945   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
May 2 - The last postage stamp utilized by Manzhouguo is issued.
May 3 - World War II: Sinkings of the floating-jails Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the RAF in the Lübeck Bay.
The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
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 Cap Arcona and Thielbek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On May 3, 1945, Allied fighter bombers attacked and sank several ships anchored in Lübeck Bay in northern Germany.
flyers had no way of knowing, two of these ships, the Cap Arcona and Thielbek, were carrying thousands of prisoners recently
Taken on May 3rd, they are believed to show the Thielbek
www.militarygnome.com /NEWS.HTM   (135 words)

  
 The 100-Year Secret : Britain's Hidden World War II Massacre: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A commandeered luxury liner, the Cap Arcona was a dilapidated wreck.
Nearby, the freighter Thielbek, in similar condition, was also attacked.
There is reason to believe the Germans were intending to sink the Cap Arcona themselves.
www.worldwar1.co.uk /books-plain/1592285325.html   (1353 words)

  
 WAS THE LUXURY CRUISE SHIP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
These ships were the Deutschland, Thielbek and the Cap Arcona.
His research shows that the Cap Arcona and Thielbek had earlier already been used to ferry Jews to Palestine and secondly NONE of the refugee ships were ever attacked or sunk by the Germans or their Allies, so WHY should Heinrich Himmler want to sink the Thielbek and Cap Arcona and the Deutschland.
On the other hand, the Soviets, the Zionists and their buddies the British had already been busily sinking refugee ships and killing Jews by the thousands.
www.honestmediatoday.com /Cap_Arcona.htm   (1340 words)

  
 Morbid Fact Du Jour Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In June, 2002 he was sentenced to 49 years in prison.
Near the very end of World War II in Europe, the British sink the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek, both flying white flags, ending the lives of nearly 7000 concentration camp survivors.
In the process of abandoning his ship, the German captain of the Arcona used a machete to hack his way through the masses of prisoners.
www.morbidfactdujour.com /archives/morb0702.htm   (3178 words)

  
 Norwegian Merchant Fleet - Ship Forum
Danish ship Thielbek (2.815 Tn) was sunk there?
There were another Thielbek (2.815 Tn) sunk on 3/5/45 by RAF aircraft in Lubeck Bay.
I think they are the same ship, and Thielbek was sunk on 3/5/45.
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 RMS Titanic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some recent studies of the disaster concluded that the actual death toll was over 9000.
The worst maritime incident in history, in terms of loss of life in two vessels, is recognised as the sinking of the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek by RAF Typhoons on May 3 1945 in which around 8000 people died.
However in June 1940, RMS Lancastria (actually HMT Lancastria by the time of the sinking) evacuating troops and civilians from France, was sunk by German aircraft.
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 Deutschland IV (liner) - Bvio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Deutschland was a 21,046 register ton liner sunk with the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek on May 3,1945 in the Bay of Lubeck.
It was being converted in hospital ship with a Red Cross on one of her side.
This page was last modified 10:52, 17 Dec 2004.
bvio.ngic.re.kr /Bvio/index.php/Deutschland_IV_%28liner%29   (49 words)

  
 KZ Neuengamme
Mai 1945 wurden die Schiffe von britischen Kampfflugzeugen bombardiert, die sie für Truppentransporter hielten.
Die "Cap Arcona" und die "Thielbek" brannten aus und gingen unter.
Zwischen 1938 und 1945 wurden etwa 106.000 Menschen aus fast allen europäischen Ländern in das Hauptlager Neuengamme und seine Nebenlager eingewiesen, darunter ca.
www.dhm.de /lemo/html/wk2/holocaust/neuengamme/index.html   (586 words)

  
 Other Disasters of Importance
The U-177 was sunk 6 Feb, 1944 in the South Atlantic west of Ascension Island, by US bombs (VB-107).
Tielbek The Thielbek along with another ship, the Cap Arcona carried among themselves over 16,000 refugees when they were sunk.
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 The Chinese Threat to America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is even admitted that the prisoners were better supplied than even German civilians.
What many don't like to talk about is the sinking of two German ships by British bombings, the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek, both of which were carrying evacuated inmates from concentrated labor camps!
Perhaps the British zeal for destroying the German people and hatred for all things German blinded them so completely that they didn't care who was on board.
www.liesexposed.net /nfp/issue0204/chinese.htm   (3007 words)

  
 Poland, Facing Its Past, Apologizes for WWII Pogrom [Free Republic]
Today there is a memorial for those killed on the Cap Arcona in the cemetery in Grömitz.
Not one of the many Germans guilty of the murder of the Neuengamme concentration camp prisoners on board the Cap Arcona and Thielbek have been sentenced either by British or German courts.
All right, British neo-commies (Blair and Co.), all you British Yalta Meisters: Time to appologize and pay big bucks.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b4b2b131831.htm   (9021 words)

  
 The Dentist of Auschwitz, Ch. 17: Disaster on the Baltic Sea
I have over four thousand already on board.
"Just take those sixty, and I will send the rest to the Thielbek." This compromise worked.
We saw a rope ladder come down, and we were ordered to climb up.
www.nizkor.org /features/dentist/chapter-17.html   (2769 words)

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