The Survivor Of The Greatest Naval Disaster Of All Time And His Last Will To Be Buried At The Wreck

[pierre-sifnos]

Full photostory here: Pierre Kosmidis Πιερ Κοσμίδης: Heinz Schön, the survivor of the greatest naval disaster of all time and his last will to be buried at the wreck of the Wilhelm Gustloff and here WW2 Wrecks in Greece

Schön passed away in 2013 and his last will was to be buried at the shipwreck, along with so many of his friends and thousands of people who tragically perished in the shipwreck.

A team of scuba divers, including Dimitris "Dima" Stavrakakis and Tomasz "Tomek" Stachura from Poland, materialised Heinz Schön's last will:

They dived at the haunting wreck and put a commemorative plaque as well as an urn containing Schön's ashes at the Wilhelm Gustloff.

 

[Jared0425]

It's unfortunate that the wreck is off limits to most divers. Nothing brings history and tragedy to life when you get to touch and feel the wreck. May he finally find a restful slumber among those he chose to be with.

 

[pierre-sifnos]

It's unfortunate that the wreck is off limits to most divers. Nothing brings history and tragedy to life when you get to touch and feel the wreck. May he finally find a restful slumber among those he chose to be with.

I totally agree with you, unfortunately other persons have desecrated war graves in the past by removing objects etc. therefore I can see why the Gustloff is now a protected area.