I'd heard reference long ago, but couldn't remember...

...the name of the ship until I had a conversation with my younger sister while viewing the Titanic exhibit on display in NYC recently; it seems a movie may be in order, according to this-

http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/index.htm

-the name "Gustloff" screwed with my memory - a remnant from the days before Google...before PCs, even.

The Titanic comes a bit of a cropper, by comparison.

How many of you have heard of this?

I have never heard of this before. Another horrific incident in mans' inhumanity to man. I'm in the process of reading a bit at a time. A well constructed site.:)