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Cap Arcona Memorial Plaque

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    July 10, 2024

    NEVER AGAIN IS NOW!
    Memorial plaque on the beach promenade:
    One of the biggest shipping disasters in history occurred in the Bay of Lübeck in the last days of the Second World War. More than 7,000 people lost their lives on May 3, 1945. They were victims of a grave error: British bombers sank the German passenger ship "Cap Arcona" and the freighter "Thielbek" off Neustadt in Holstein. The ships, which were three kilometers off the coast, had come into the crosshairs more by chance. With the major attack over the Baltic Sea, the Royal Air Force wanted to prevent German troops and SS leaders from possibly escaping to neutral Norway. On board three ships, however, were mainly prisoners from the Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg, whom the Nazis had taken away from there. ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/kriegsende/Tragoedie-am-Kriegsende-Bomben-auf-die-Cap-Arcona,caparcona100.html

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