The Damned Don't Drown: The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

by Arthur V. Sellwood

Book Overview

In 1945 a heavily overloaded cruise liner with some 6,500 fleeing Germans was torpedoed. This finely written book recounts the disaster. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557507422
• ISBN13: 9781557507426
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Interesting but Short

I had read a review in Newsweek of Crab Walk (the story of the Geman Titanic) by Gunter Grass. Crab Walk is not yet available in English and I didn't want to wait until his book came out in English to learn more about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.I read Sellwood's book in a few hours. It was a good appetizer, primarily focusing on 4 of the passengers. I will definitely be looking for other books that further detail this fascinating story.