Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

The worst maritime disaster ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians drowned....
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Author: Cathryn J. Prince
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Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff by Prince, Cathryn J.

Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

CHF 24.76

Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

CHF 24.76
Author: Cathryn J. Prince
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The worst maritime disaster ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians drowned. It went unreported.

January 1945: The outcome of World War II has been determined. The Third Reich is in free fall as the Russians close in from the east. Berlin plans an eleventh-hour exodus for the German civilians trapped in the Red Army's way. More than 10,000 women, children, sick, and elderly pack aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a former cruise ship. Soon after the ship leaves port and the passengers sigh in relief, three Soviet torpedoes strike it, inflicting catastrophic damage and throwing passengers into the frozen waters of the Baltic.

More than 9,400 perished in the night--six times the number lost on the Titanic. Yet as the Cold War started no one wanted to acknowledge the sinking. Drawing on interviews with survivors, as well as the letters and diaries of those who perished, award-wining author Cathryn J. Prince reconstructs this forgotten moment in history with Death in the Baltic. She weaves these personal narratives into a broader story, finally giving this WWII tragedy its rightful remembrance.

Author: Cathryn J. Prince
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 08/05/2014
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137279194

About the Author
Cathryn J. Prince is the author of "A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science," for which she won the Connecticut Press Club's 2011 Book Award for non-fiction. She is also the author of "Burn the Town and Sack the Banks: Confederates Attack Vermont! "and "Shot from the Sky: American POWs in Switzerland." She worked as a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Switzerland and in New York, where she covered the United Nations. Prince covers the Connecticut State House for Patch.com.


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