Carl Monk Survived Sinking of the SS Leopoldville on Christmas Eve 1944-- Part 2: A Secret for Too Long

June Monk learned that her husband Carl and the other survivors of the sinking of the SS Leopoldville were told to keep it secret.  But word got out many years later after the events surrounding the sinking were declassified.

Around 1994, some of the survivors began talking about it.  Allan Andrade, a retired New York City police investigator wrote a book about it called "Leopoldville: A Tragedy Too Long Secret."

Despite the book and works by other authors and documentaries it is still one of the least-known events of World War II.  (I had never heard of it before.)

Andrade has helped in the formation of the Leopoldville Memorial Association and is historian for  the Leopoldville.org website.

--GreGen