LEADER 03225cam a2200493 i 4500001 233803 005 20240621195624.0 008 130904s2013 nyuab b 001 0deng 010 2012030182 020 9780230341562 020 023034156X 024 8 40022148902 035 (OCoLC)ocn797334599 035 233803 042 pcc 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dOCLCO |dVP@ |dBWX |dCDX |dOUN |dVRC |dYUS |dSRC |dBKL |dOCLCQ |dMJ8 |dOCLCQ |dILC |dZMM |dLHM 050 00 D772.3 |b.P76 2013 100 1 Prince, Cathryn J., |d1969- 245 10 Death in the Baltic : |bThe World War II sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff / |cCathryn J. Prince. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bPalgrave Macmillan, |c2013. 300 xii, 236 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index. 505 0 "You Have to Go On This Ship" -- Hitler's Hostages : Life in the Eastern Territories -- Operation Hannibal and the Crown of the Fleet, the Wilhelm Gustloff -- "We Knew We Had to Get Out" -- Saving a Scuttled Reputation -- Battle for the Baltic -- Chaos on Deck -- Plummeting to the Sea Floor -- The Little Red Sweater -- The Forgotten Story -- "We Had To Get Over It" -- Appendix. 520 Draws on survivor interviews and newly declassified records to offer insight into the sinking of the World War II refugee ship that killed over nine thousand people, an incident that was covered up by both Eastern and Western officials. 520 January, 1945. With the Third Reich in free fall, 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. More than 9,400 perished in the night-- six times the number lost on the Titanic-- and no one wanted to acknowledge the sinking. Prince reconstructs this forgotten moment in history, finally giving this tragedy its rightful remembrance. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 610 20 Wilhelm Gustloff (Ship) 650 0 Shipwrecks |zBaltic Sea |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Germans |zPrussia, East (Poland and Russia) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Refugees |zPrussia, East (Poland and Russia) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xEvacuation of civilians |zPrussia, East (Poland and Russia) 650 0 Shipwreck victims |vInterviews. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zBaltic Sea. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xNaval operations |xSubmarine. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xNaval operations, Soviet. 655 7 Interviews. |2lcgft 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2012030182-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2012030182-d.html 852 0 |bscstacks |hD772.3 |i.P76 2013