GERMANY 1937-05-05. Orig. caption ... STAPELLAUF OF THE NEW KDF SHIP "WILHELM GUSTLOFF". In the presence of the leader and chancellor this afternoon, the widows of the group leader Wilhelm Gustloff, who was assassinated in Davos, baptized the first force-of-joy ship named "Wilhelm Gustloff". The ship, which with its 25,000 tons is the fifth largest ship of the German merchant navy, will have room for 1500 KdF holidaymakers. "Wilhelm Gustloff" is over 200 meters long, 23 1/2 meters wide and 56 meters high from the keel to the top of the mast. The ship slips into its element. Photo: Keystone View Company / AB Text & Bilder / SVT / Code: 5600 Folder: "Kraft durch Freude" 91A KDF organized trips for German workers on the cruise ships Wilhelm Gustloff and Robert Ley. Passenger ship sites: GERMANY.

GERMANY 1937-05-05. Orig. caption ... STAPELLAUF OF THE NEW KDF SHIP "WILHELM GUSTLOFF". In the presence of the leader and chancellor this afternoon, the widows of the group leader Wilhelm Gustloff, who was assassinated in Davos, baptized the first force-of-joy ship named "Wilhelm Gustloff". The ship, which with its 25,000 tons is the fifth largest ship of the German merchant navy, will have room for 1500 KdF holidaymakers. "Wilhelm Gustloff" is over 200 meters long, 23 1/2 meters wide and 56 meters high from the keel to the top of the mast. The ship slips into its element. Photo: Keystone View Company / AB Text & Bilder / SVT / Code: 5600 Folder: "Kraft durch Freude" 91A KDF organized trips for German workers on the cruise ships Wilhelm Gustloff and Robert Ley. Passenger ship sites: GERMANY

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