HISTORY the ship had, in fact, once been


a south Devon ship, but had been sold to an egyptian company just months before the beginning of the war and renamed the . It was on a cruise, new York to


Africa, with an inexperienced crew and passengers from all over the world. most of them – 142 - were American clergymen and their families on their way to work as missionaries. the Americans distinguished themselves by saving elderly passengers and children from the flames that were now raging on board. the germans, to their credit, as soon as they realised


their error, mounted a rescue mission, and rogge gave all the passengers a full apology. He even led the missionary’s in a service on sunday morning. the ship sank as the Atlantis sailed away. When the news got out it enraged the people of


America. Aboard the Zamzan were Fortune magazine edi- tor Charles J.V. murphy, and Life magazine photographer


David e. scherman. the germans allowed scherman to take pho- tographs and although his film was seized when the prisoners returned to europe aboard a ger- man blockade runner, he did man- age to smuggle four rolls back to new York. the photos later helped the british identify and destroy Atlantis. murphy’s account of the incident and scherman’s photos appeared in the 23rd June 1941 issue of Life magazine. the attack was compared to


the Lusitania in the First World War, a sinking which brought the Americans into that conflict. the Zamzan sinking started the debate


in the usA in earnest about joining the war in support of the Allies. It is no exaggeration to say the Zamzan attack was a


key factor in turning American public opinion against the germans. When, eight months later, the Japanese bombed pearl


Harbour, it was a much easier decision for the Americans to join the fight against the Axis powers. A chance conversation after too much champagne had reverberations around the world. •


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