Editing SS Cap Arcona (section)

==Accommodation ship==
In 1940 the [[Kriegsmarine]] (German Navy) requisitioned ''Cap Arcona'', had her painted overall grey and used her in the [[Baltic Sea]] as an [[accommodation ship]] in Gotenhafen (now [[Gdynia]]).

In 1942 ''Cap Arcona'' was used as a stand-in for {{RMS|Titanic}}, supplying exterior locations for the filming of the [[Titanic (1943 film)|Nazi film version of the disaster]] in the harbour of [[Gdynia|Gotenhafen]].<ref name="Marszal">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9124111/The-strange-sinking-of-the-Nazi-Titanic.html |title=The strange sinking of the Nazi Titanic |first1=Andrew |last1=Marszal |date=5 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London |access-date=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Zendran">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrnRTL4bYsY |publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] |title=Nazi Titanic Revealed |first1=David |last1=Zendran |format=Video |date=21 May 2012}} [[YouTube]]</ref> The production partially repainted the ship's funnels and hull in [[White Star Line]] colors for filming. The film was completed, but the original director, [[Herbert Selpin]], was arrested for disparaging remarks he made about Kriegsmarine sailors. His later self-destructive interrogation at the hands of propaganda minister [[Joseph Goebbels]] all but sealed his fate. He was found the next day hanged in his cell by his suspenders.