The Nazi Titanic: book reveals bizarre and horrific story

last thing the world needs is yet another reminder of the sheer evil and madness that permeated the Nazi Third Reich, yet this striking historical account by Robert P. Watson does such a powerful job in illustrating those traits that it’s well worth the effort to read it. The story of the German luxury liner, the Cap Arcona, has been largely untold for decades, for reasons that are actually central to its bizarre and horrific story. The massive ship was constructed in pre-Nazi Germany, first going to sea in 1927, as an ocean liner designed to transport well-heeled German tourists to vacation spots in South America. The vessel fulfilled that comfortable mission for only a few years. As the Nazis took over, it was transformed […]