The memorial place onto the victims of the fall of the Cap Arkona
Also the memorial place of the victims of the fall of the Cap Arkona, At the Black Bush, surely appertains to the sights on the island Poel. Many dead of the fall were also rinsed onto the coast by Poel and buried here for the last rest on the island cemetery in Kirchdorf.
What had happened?
The 2nd world war came closer to the end. It was at the end of April 1945, German SS guard teams drove prisoners from that KZ Neuengamme and survivors of the long over 1000 km death march's from that KZ prince pit from Schlesien onto the passenger steamers Cap Arcona being anchored in the Luebecker bay, Thielbeck and some other ships. What was the reason for this last action of the Nazis remained until today unknown. One wanted to have a pledged collateral with the prisoners in the case of negotiations with the allies or to rid oneself from theirs in comfortable way, who knows it. Fact is the English bombers and fighter planes on 3rd May 1945 an attack on the ships being anchored in the Luebecker bay flew. The prisoners on the ships still waved to their supposed liberators in the airplanes but the attack ran and after few minutes the Cap Arkona hit by bombs sank. Most prisoners sank with it, few the through a jump into the icy-cold water of the Baltic Sea became bombarded by fighter planes of the Royal Airforce keeping on attacking. After that the British Airplanes were racked dove the German navy on and kept on bombarding the prisoners fighting for their life in the water. Not few prisoners the it on land created murdered by here hurried SS guard teams there.
Few prisoners survived, under that also the one of many admired actors Erwin Geschonnek. If you are once at the Black Bush you visit also the memorial place around the victims of the world war commemorate.