Pommern auf der Flucht 1945: Rettung über die Ostsee - Buch

Pomeranians on the run 1945: Rescue via the Baltic Sea from the Pomeranian ports of Rügenwalde, Stolpmünde, Kolberg, Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Greifswald, Stralsund, Sassnitz on Rügen. By Heinz Schön! Eleven chapters on the most important places of escape and refugee ports in Pomerania with 56 unpublished eyewitness memories and many previously unpublished photos from the Pomeranian Archive Heinz Schön. The records of the contemporary witnesses are mostly from the 1940s and early 1950s. They have been verified and deepened by Heinz Schön through inquiries.

Heinz Schön survived in January 1945 as an 18-year-old the downfall of the "Wilhelm Gustloff". The torpedoing of the ship off the Pomeranian Baltic Sea coast killed more than 9,000 people. This event shaped his life. He is today considered one of the best connoisseurs of the history of the German Baltic Sea area during the Third Reich and the immediate post-war period. Shortly after the end of the war, he began to collect documents, photos and eyewitness accounts.

Hardcover: 448 pages

Language: German

Manufacturer recommended age: From 13 years

Size: 13.9 x 3.8 x 19 cm