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

PRINCE, CATHRYN

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ISBN 10: 1137279192 ISBN 13: 9781137279194

Casa editrice: Griffin, 2014

Riassunto

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, 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. In Death in the Baltic, by 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.

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Descrizione del libro:

One of the great unknown tragedies from World War II - the sinking of a refugee ship that killed over 9000 defenseless people

L'autore:

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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• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1137279192
• ISBN 13: 9781137279194
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256