SS Cap Arcona
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SS Cap Arcona, named after Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen, was a large German ocean liner, later a requisitioned auxiliary ship of the Kriegsmarine, and finally a prison ship in the later months o
Cap Arcona in 1927
Plans of Cap Arcona.
Launching of German ocean liner Cap Arcona, 14 May 1927.
Scale model of Cap Arcona.
During World War II, the city of Lübeck was the first German city to be attacked in substantial numbers by the Royal Air Force. The attack on the night of 28 March 1942 created a firestorm that caused
Lübeck Cathedral burning following the raids
Ruins of the merchants' quarter west of St. Mary's
The broken bells of St. Mary's Church, which fell during the bombing of 1942, remain on the ground in the South Tower.
Joseph Krautwald's The Mother