Was the officer who ordered the torpedoes that struck the MV Wilhelm Gustloff aware that he was attacking a passenger ship? - Quora
![Swimming pool aboard cruiser liner Wilhelm Gustloff, 1938. Photographer Anne Winterer. [591 × 800] : r/HistoryPorn Swimming pool aboard cruiser liner Wilhelm Gustloff, 1938. Photographer Anne Winterer. [591 × 800] : r/HistoryPorn](https://i.redd.it/373ycuprpt511.jpg)
Swimming pool aboard cruiser liner Wilhelm Gustloff, 1938. Photographer Anne Winterer. [591 × 800] : r/HistoryPorn
![Photo] Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2 | World War II Database Photo] Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2 | World War II Database](http://ww2db.com/images/ship_wilhelmgustloff14.jpg)
Photo] Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2 | World War II Database
![WWII Pictures on Twitter: "This day in 1945, Soviet submarine S-13 sinks German transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff, killing ≈9,350 people, including 5,000 children. The loss of life from the sinking of Wilhelm WWII Pictures on Twitter: "This day in 1945, Soviet submarine S-13 sinks German transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff, killing ≈9,350 people, including 5,000 children. The loss of life from the sinking of Wilhelm](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyJUhThW0AAWanC.jpg)
WWII Pictures on Twitter: "This day in 1945, Soviet submarine S-13 sinks German transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff, killing ≈9,350 people, including 5,000 children. The loss of life from the sinking of Wilhelm
![The German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a soviet submarine killing over 9,000 civilians and crew in 1945 : r/WorldWar2 The German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a soviet submarine killing over 9,000 civilians and crew in 1945 : r/WorldWar2](https://preview.redd.it/hq7j1ja38ay71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=99ade022d3112f3c067bdffb1c2063c6770af4d0)
The German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a soviet submarine killing over 9,000 civilians and crew in 1945 : r/WorldWar2
![Photo] Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff at Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), late 1939 | World War II Database Photo] Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff at Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), late 1939 | World War II Database](http://ww2db.com/images/ship_wilhelmgustloff4.jpg)