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Death in the Baltic

Death in the Baltic Paperback - 2014

by Cathryn J Prince

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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 Armys 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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  • Title Death in the Baltic
  • Author Cathryn J Prince
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin, Qh6
  • Date 2014-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SQ2556209
  • ISBN 9781137279194 / 1137279192
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Baltic
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Cultural Region: Polish
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Shipwreck victims, World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.531

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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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