Secrets of the Lost Liners
Cap Arcona
S1 E5:
This German flagship of Hitler’s fleet doubled as the Titanic in a 1942 Nazi propaganda film. Her eventual demise would be equally tragic. As the Second World War came to an end, the ship was housing thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Then it was inexplicably bombed by the British. Thousands of innocent people died. But how could such a dreadful mistake happen?