Wilhelm Gustloff Photographs | World War II Database


Wilhelm Gustloff under construction, Slip VII of the Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1937	Launching ceremony of Admiral Hipper, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 6 Feb 1937; note Wilhelm Gustloff in background

Launching of Wilhelm Gustloff, Slip VII of Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 5 May 1937	Swimming pool aboard cruiser liner Wilhelm Gustloff, 1938

Wilhelm Gustloff, as a hospital ship, at Danzig, 23 Sep 1939	Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff at Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), late 1939

Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2	Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2

German hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff in Oslo harbor, Norway, 1940	Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff in harbor, Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2

Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff in harbor, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2	Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff ready to take on wounded soldiers arriving by train, Jul 1940

The Oslo, Norway police orchestra playing music for the wounded soldiers aboard hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940, photo 1 of 2	The Oslo, Norway police orchestra playing music for the wounded soldiers aboard hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940, photo 2 of 2

Two medics unloading a wounded German soldier from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940	Wounded German troops aboard Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940