Description In the closing days of World War II a crisis was emerging for German civilians trapped on the Eastern Front by the Red Army.
Since all land routes had been cut off, an Evacuation by sea was the only way to provide escape for the civilians back to Germany..
They were fearful of Soviet retribution for the millions of Russians that had been murdered by the Nazis in the early years of the war.
Many lived between the Soviet advance and the Wehrmacht defense of Nazi Germany.
Description In the closing days of World War II a crisis was emerging for German civilians trapped on the Eastern Front by the Red Army