Danziger Bucht 1945: Dokumentation einer Katastrophe (1986) By Egbert Kieser
 
Author Egbert Kieser uses civil and military documents to describe the great tragedy that began in 1945. Between January 25 and May 8, 1945 (with great losses from enemy submarines and airplanes) around 2 million people - around 1 million of them were civilians - were evacuated to the west. On foot, by train, with horse-drawn carts and with the few available motorized vehicles, you set out in the middle of the icy cold winter. The treks passed over solid land, but also over the frozen Curonian Spit, and tens of thousands fled across the water. But countless people did not survive the escape because they froze to death on the way or died of exhaustion, or because their ships, the "Goya", "Wilhelm Gustloff" or the "Steuben", were bombed by Soviet submarines. Using specific examples, Kieser reports on the fate of the refugees and describes their experiences. The reports of the embarkations are among the most harrowing documents of this war.
 
In German Text
 
Soft Cover
328 Pages
In Good condition