Recently, however, the ship has received increased attention in German high and popular culture, leading many to claim that a taboo has been broken. For many years, the survivors and their advocates argued that a focus on National Socialism and the Holocaust had complicated and politicized any attempts at publicly remembering and mourning the Gustloff in Germany. Although the ship was a valid military target within the context of World War II, most of the passengers were German civilians fleeing the Soviet advance. Wilhelm Gustloff in the Bay of Danzig on Januis by many accounts the deadliest maritime disaster in recorded history.
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