In May of 1945, the SS was holding more than 7,000 prisoners from Neuengamme, Germany, on two ships: a Kraft durch Freude luxury cruise ship (designed to hold just 800 or so passengers) called the Cap Arcona and a cargo ship called the Thielbeck. With no food or water on board (except, presumably, for the guards and crew), there was little chance for survival. Tragically, on May 3, British troops, assuming the Cap Arcona and the Thielbeck carried German troops, bombed both ships. Both capsized, killing all but about 7,000 of the prisoners aboard.