Le ndatshana ibrashi yomlando kanye nelukuluku. Uma sicabanga ngemikhumbi emikhulu yokuhamba ngezikebhe kanye namashwa enzekile olwandle, ingqondo yethu iya kwiTitanic, kodwa-ke lokhu bekungeyona inhlekelele enkulu yasolwandle eyehlela umkhumbi wokuhamba. UMV Wilhelm Gustloff, umkhumbi owakhiwa eJalimane lobuNazi, ucwile washiya izisulu ezingaphezu kwezi-9.000, iningi labo kuyizakhamizi.
Ngizokutshela eminye imininingwane ngalo mkhumbi nomlando wawo.
IMV Wilhelm Gustloff yaqashwa ngo-1937, IMpi Yezwe II yayingakaqali, yayingamamitha angama-208 ubude futhi ingu-23 ububanzi, futhi inesisindo esingamathani angama-25.000. Kusukela ngo-1939 wayeka ukusetshenziswa njenge-cruiser yokunethezeka, futhi waba yingxenye yebutho.
NgoJanuwari 1945, njengoba yayivele iyisikebhe sempi, ngenkathi sisuka ePoland siya enyakatho yeJalimane nabagibeli abacishe babe ngu-10.000 XNUMX, bebalekela impi yamabutho aseRussia, yahlaselwa ngumkhumbi-ngwenya waseRussia. Icwile ngemizuzu engama-40 nje kuphela.
Kuleso sigameko kwafa abantu abangu-9.343, kufaka nezingane ezingama-5.000 1.000, leli nani liphindwe cishe kathathu kunenani labagibeli abashona kuTitanic. Esinye sezizathu zokuthi kungani kube nokufa kwabantu abaningi kangaka, ngaphezu kwamakhaza, ukuthi lapho kufakwa kuhlu ethekwini, kwaphinde kwalahleka izihlenga eziningi futhi abengekho amajakhethi empilo anele. Kwakukhona "kuphela" amasosha aseJalimane ayi-XNUMX XNUMX namalungu eGestapo emkhunjini.
Njengoba ngakutshela ngaphambi kokuba ngibe umkhumbi wempi yakhiwe ngombono wokuthi izosebenza njenge-cruiser yokunethezeka "yomjaho ophakeme wase-Aryan", Yenzelwe inhlangano yezivakashi yamaNazi i-Force through Joy, inhloso yayo kwakuwukwenza umphakathi ofanayo ngemisebenzi yokuzilibazisa.
Ngalesi sikhathi UMV Wilhelm Gustloff usesemanzini aseBaltic Ukujula kwamamitha angama-450, futhi kubhekwa njengengcwaba lempi.