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Death In The Baltic
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Author : Cathryn J. Prince
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-04-09
Death In The Baltic written by Cathryn J. Prince and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with History categories.
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 Prince reconstructs this forgotten moment in history. She weaves these personal narratives into a broader story, finally giving this WWII tragedy its rightful remembrance.
Death In The Baltic
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Author : Cathryn J. Prince
language : en
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-06-04T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Cathryn J Prince S Death In The Baltic written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-04T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The port of Gotenhafen, in East Prussia, was a major hub for the German evacuation effort. It had come under Nazi control in 1939 after the Third Reich invaded Poland. The Germans renamed the seaside city after the Goths, an ancient German tribe. #2 The Wilhelm Gustloff was a German ship that was used as a hospital ship during World War II. It was used to transport wounded military personnel and war materiel, and secondarily refugees from the eastern territories. #3 The Woits set out from their house to reach Schwerin, a city northwest of Berlin. His mother, Meta, was deciding whether she and her son would stay in Germany or emigrate. The family had decided it would be best to meet in Schwerin, as it was likely to fall under American or British control. #4 The Wilhelm Gustloff was a cruise ship that was used to transport refugees away from the front lines. It was large, and easy to hit. Eva, a German Navy Women’s Auxiliary conscript, was stationed in Gotenhafen in January 1945, and she boarded the ship almost a full week before the other refugees.
Sea Of Death
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Author : Claes-Göran Wetterholm
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Sea Of Death written by Claes-Göran Wetterholm and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with categories.
The story of the worst ship disasters in history, of ships sunk in the Baltic between January and May 1945
Sea Of Death
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Author : Claes-Göran Wetterholm
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Sea Of Death written by Claes-Göran Wetterholm and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with Transportation categories.
Amid the turmoil of the dying days of the Second World War, a series of ships were sunk in the Baltic. These terrible disasters add up to be the greatest loss of life ever recorded at sea, but the stories of these ships have been lost from view. While everyone recognises the name Titanic, the names Cap Arcona, Goya, General von Steuben and Thielbek draw little more than blank stares. Claes-Göran Wetterholm brings the horror of these tragic events to life in this gripping study, first published in Swedish, as he collates the unknown stories of four major shipping disasters, the most terrible in history. Combining archive research with interviews with survivors and the relatives of those who died, Wetterholm vividly conveys his experiences of meeting many witnesses to a forgotten and horrifying piece of history.
Salt To The Sea
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Author : Ruta Sepetys
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-02-04
Salt To The Sea written by Ruta Sepetys and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2017 It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate their unforgettable stories. Fans of The Book Thief or Helen Dunmore's The Siege will be totally absorbed. This inspirational novel is based on a true story from the Second World War. When the German ship the Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in port in early 1945 it had over 9000 civilian refugees, including children, on board. Nearly all were drowned. Ruta Sepetys, acclaimed author of Between Shades of Grey, brilliantly imagines their story. 'Ruta Sepetys is a master of historical fiction' Elizabeth Wein, author of CODE NAME VERITY
Women And Violence In Ancient Greece
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Author : Daisy Santos Belfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06
Women And Violence In Ancient Greece written by Daisy Santos Belfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06 with categories.
Dawson and Lucy are working for MI6 to protect Viktor Nurmsalu, an inventor of cheap electricity. But Nurmsalu is killed, Dawson is kidnapped, Lucy is lost, and a hitman with a grudge is after them. It's mirth, mayhem and murder.
Death In Danzig
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Author : Stefan Chwin
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-05-31
Death In Danzig written by Stefan Chwin and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-31 with Fiction categories.
A moving portrait of people in transition - between old and new, life and death. Germans flee the besieged city of Danzig in 1945. Poles driven out of eastern regions by the Russians move into the homes hastily abandoned by their previous inhabitants. In an area of the city graced with beech trees and a stately cathedral, the stories of old and new residents intertwine: Hanemann, a German and a former professor of anatomy, who chooses to stay in Danzig after the mysterious death of his lover; the Polish family of the narrator, driven out of Warsaw; and a young Carpathian woman who no longer has a country, her cheerful nature concealing deep wounds. Through his brilliantly defined characters, stunning evocation of place, and memorable description of remnants of a world that was German but survives in Polish households, Chwin has created a reality that is beyond destruction.
Between Giants
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Author : Prit Buttar
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-05-20
Between Giants written by Prit Buttar and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-20 with History categories.
From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. Combining new archival research and numerous first-hand accounts, this is a magisterial description of conquest and exploitation, of death and deportation and the fight for survival both by countries and individuals.
The Damned Don T Drown
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Author : Arthur V. Sellwood
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1996
The Damned Don T Drown written by Arthur V. Sellwood and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Once one of Nazi Germany's most vaunted cruise liners, the Wilhelm Gustloff packed her decks with some 6,500 refugees in January 1945 and made her way out of the Gulf of Danzig just before the Russian army swept in. Scores of SS officers, top-ranking Nazi officials, members of the German Women's Naval Service, and hundreds of wounded German soldiers, fragmented army units, and fleeing peasants were on board when the ship was hit by torpedoes twelve miles off shore. Panic broke out, and more than 6,000 passengers were lost - making it the greatest sea disaster ever recorded. The author of this book, Arthur V. Sellwood, a journalist known for his action-filled naval stories, draws on interviews with some of the survivors and official documents to assure the authenticity of his account.