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Name: | Karin Opitz, born Sawatzki
(opitz.josef@web.de)
| | Date: | Sat 12 Nov 2011 12:38:19 PM EST | | Subject: | Passengerlist of Wilhelm Gustloff | | | I am searching for members of my own Family which called Sawatzki and Kuchenbecker. I search a Passagerlist from MS Gustloff. Where can I find or get it? Who can help me?
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Name: | beate flaherty
(flahertybeate@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Sun 05 Dec 2010 03:07:54 PM EST | | Subject: | just found out... | | | During a conversation with my mom via phone in Germany we talked about family events/history.
Always knew my Grandmother trekked on foot with 3 of her 4 daughters ( including my mom )for 14 days. Even picked up a strange child along the way to get back to Berlin. The child had a scribbled note with an address in Berlin. Delivered her safe & sound by the way to the noted relative.
They reunited briefly later in Berlin and thanked my grandmother.
Just found out today the reason for my grandmother trekking through the depths of winter with her children. It was because she changed her mind to board the ship Wilhelm Gustloff at the very last moment.
Argueing that she has extreme fear of water & doesn't know how to swim...
The rest is history.
I'm awestruck and feel intrigued to learn about this disaster and I think how it affected my own personal life/fate.
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Name: | Kristina Mollenhauer Golden
(kgolden@optonline.net)
| | Date: | Wed 10 Nov 2010 09:32:46 PM EST | | Subject: | My father and his sisters were going to be on the ship that night | | | My father was Kurt Mollenhauer. He and his sisters, Gertrude and Riche were supposed to be on that ship the night of the sinking. They were from Koenigsberg, and my father cried so hard and begged his sisters not to get on board. I am not sure if it was my father's tearful influence, but they did not board. However, it is my understanding that several members of the family from my grandmother's side - the Gerwin's did and perished. They went on to a refugee camp in Berlin, and it is only now through books and documentaries that I am piecing together the story of his early life. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Miguel Geldres
(mageldres@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Mon 01 Nov 2010 02:02:29 PM EDT | | Subject: | coments | | | My grandmother told me she lost three sisters in the Gustloff W. Braunschweig named, lived in East Prussia Alenburg
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Name: | Dave Staples
(dsta268406@aol.com)
| | Date: | Mon 04 Oct 2010 05:27:52 AM EDT | | Subject: | Caught on the wrong side of history | | | Unfortunately history is only as good as the people that write it, especially during a confict , and getting facts from all sides and coming to a middle ground is, I suppose, the only way of getting closest to the true history.
Like a lot of people I had never heard of the Wilhelm Gustloff disaster, and thank you and the website for provoking a fresh and moving account of human suffering that should not be forgotten, whether that tradegy be Western,Soviet, Jewish or German.
Having children myself, struck a chord, which has not made me think like that for a long time.
That is the only link I can have with this ,or any similar disaster,but it is a very powerful one.
History is a very cruel,selective but fascinating subject,and thanks to people like you,a little more enlightened.
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Name: | Bill Niven
(william.niven@ntu.ac.uk)
| | Date: | Sun 22 Aug 2010 09:29:03 AM EDT | | Subject: | Gustloff and 'Heim ins Reich' | | | In one of his books, Heinz Schoen claims that the 'Gustloff' was involved in transporting Baltic Germans to the Reich in October/November 1939. But I can find no evidence of this; the ship does not appear on any of the transport lists, or in any of the reports by those resettled (and I have been to several archives). Can anyone shed light? Thanks. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | George Papadakis
(georpap@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Wed 11 Aug 2010 08:07:21 AM EDT | | Subject: | An unknown tragedy | | | I was shocked to learn about this terrible tragedy through your website, to which I landed accidentally. You have made a terrific job illuminating this piece of history, and your English copy (text) is very well written.
The souls of the thousands of innocent people that were slain in a monstrous and cruel way, deserve, at least, their tragic fate to be known to the world.
Thank you very much for your effort, and keep on the good work.
George Papadakis
Athens, Greece | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | John Griffiths
(llywydd@storm57.wanadoo.co.uk)
| | Date: | Thu 22 Jul 2010 04:01:40 PM EDT | | Subject: | Drawing | | | I think some of you may be interested in a drawing I have recently completed on the 'Wilhelm Gustfloff'. It shows her slowly coming ahead whilst the 'Lowe' crosses her bow. The weather is snowy, the time is midday on the day of her departure.
I do all my drawings in MS Paint, but they are significantly image enhanced - there is no 'photoshopping' involved. The resolution is usually 300DPI which is industry standard - but I do not sell my work. It is free to download providing people are honest enough to send a donation to one of the sea rescue charities in their country, or to a maritime charity if not. My own preffered charity iis the UK's RNLI.
As I cannot find any actual reference to her paint scheme at the time of her departure, I have depicted her as she is normally seen in the many photographs of her that remain. If it is wrong, or not factual, then I plead artistic license!
The direct link to the drawing is: http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt242/ddraigmor/GustloffMaster2.jpg
Best regards,
John Griffiths
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Name: | Renato Nunes
(rnunes2@sc.rr.com)
| | Date: | Fri 16 Jul 2010 11:33:01 AM EDT | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff | | | I had heard about it but never had I read such a good and detailed description of the disaster. It is touching.
It is shocking and sad that so many innocent lives were taken. One wishes they were all military and nazis...at least it would
sort of justify and make the sinking more excusable.
Only an heart full of revenge and hatred can say "...the Germans deserved it".
No innocent life deserves to be taken only because someone of the same race is evil and does evil.
And I sincerely hope that Hollywood or any other studio does not decide to make a propaganda movie or romanticized
money making story about such a huge scale calamity. May the souls of all those who perishd rest in Peace.
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Name: | Ignacio Hoyos
(ignaciohoyos64@gmail.com)
| | Date: | Fri 26 Feb 2010 04:13:24 PM EST | | Subject: | congratulations | | | Great page. Veryinformative. I own a photo album of the Wilhem Gustolff, similar to the first album pictured in the souvenirs, but with different photos inside, mainly during the era when the ship was in Gotenhafen as a Barrack, for u- boats crews. I will send some pics soon. may be could have some interest for your page | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Natascha Iwanowa
(nataiv@rambler.ru)
| | Date: | Thu 04 Feb 2010 05:41:20 AM EST | | Subject: | Baltic Sea (German wrecks) | | | Hallo!
My name is Natascha Iwanowa. I represent Russian scuba divers' volunteer group searching for ships died in Baltic Sea (former East Prussia part, now Kaliningrad & Pillau).
For the time being we're investigating the ship found near Pillau that could be probably artillery training ship DRACHE (built in 1908, sank in April 1945). We're also investigating the wreck that could be an ice breaker of Erik Koch: either CASTOR or POLLUX.
Could anyone help with names of the crews and contacts of their relatives? We're looking for any documents of DRACHE/copies of letter of marine cadets/anything!
Please, let us know. These are ships to be identified. The war is over for a long time. We must fill in the gaps in the history!!!
Another question: could you pls advise if Mr Heinz Schoen is still alive? Sorry for such a question. If so, could we meet him?
Regards,
Natascha | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Wolfgang
(wolfgang147@arcor.de)
| | Date: | Sun 06 Dec 2009 01:41:03 AM EST | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff | | | Hallo,
ich bin der Erbauer der Gustloff die hier zu sehen ist. Nach Baustillstand von zwei Jahren habe ich mich entschlossen die Wilhelm Gustloff ein zweites mal im Maßstab 1:100 zu bauen. Doch diesmal soll sie noch schöner werden. Ich werde sie mit Beleuchtung bestücken, in den Kabinen sowohl als auch auf Deck.
Ich habe seit den letzten Bau der Gustloff viele andere Modelle gebaut aber es zieht mich immer wieder zu Wilhelm Gustloff. Dieses Schiff ist für mich ein Gedenkstein an die 9000 Menschen die mit ihr untergegangen sind. Was damals mit Gustloff geschehen ist, sollte man nie vergessen, obwohl man zu wenig in den Medien darüber hört. Die Rettung von einer Millionen Menschen über die Ostsee ist wohl das Größte was es jemals gab.
Wolfgang Waschki
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Name: | Bruyninx Georges
(georgesbruyninx@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Mon 07 Sep 2009 04:38:49 PM EDT | | Subject: | Greatest shipdisaster ever | | | When I saw a docmentary on National Geographic about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff I was ashamed that I never heard of that disaster before where apparently more than 5.000 mothers and childeren drowned. My thoughts are with them and only with them. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Shaun Fowler
(shaunrfowler@live.co.uk)
| | Date: | Wed 02 Sep 2009 07:44:05 AM EDT | | Subject: | What else? | | | History is written by the victors. But how many events, maybe not of the same scale as this horror, have been hidden from view. We are told of the "evil" that Germany and Japan dealt out during WW2, I was told as a child of the bombings and mass graves in my home town in Yorkshire - but little of the terror the Allies wrought on the peoples of Germany. Maybe British and German schools should swap history books so we can see history from both sides? It still amazes me how few people in the UK know of the Wilhelm Gustloff. We should never forget and never let our children forget, because it could happen again. To those who still live who survived the sinking - TELL YOUR STORY LOUD AND CLEAR. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Leo
(ostersij@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Sat 29 Aug 2009 10:40:01 PM EDT | | Subject: | God Bless Alexander Marinesko | | | Just wanted to leave a note of praise for the brave captain and hero Alexander Marinesko. By sinking the Gustloff, he sent over a thousand Nazi soldiers, sailors, and U-Boat crews to their much deserved watery deaths. I hope that in their last gasping breaths the Nazi butchers appreciated the irony of falling victim to the type of warfare they themselves perfected. Rarely does hell get these many new visitors in a single night.
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Name: | James Hogg
(jrlpssa@btinternet.com)
| | Date: | Sat 22 Aug 2009 01:54:12 PM EDT | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff | | | When I was young my mother mentioned that she had been torpedoed twice in the Baltic. My sister Gisela come over from Germany last week and during a conversation I mentioned mums war years. Many years ago Gisela had asked mum if she wanted to go swimming and mum stated 'no' outright so my sister asked, was it because she could not swim? It was then that mum mentioned the Wilhelm Gustloff.
My mum was in the Ack Ack and fled over to Gotenhafen and boarded the Wilhelm Gustloff. My mum mentioned to my sister that she was glad she did not go into the swimming pool to keep out of the draft from the ship. When the boat was torpedoed mum jumped into the water with her heavy coat and boots on. After reading all the details on this site I just wished I had asked a thousand questions at the time of how it was leading up to going on board during and what happened to her after. I would like to say thank you to all the people who helped put this information together so I can understand what happened before, during and after that tragic night as sadly mum died many years ago. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Alexander Köhler
(airconey@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Sat 15 Aug 2009 02:11:00 AM EDT | | Subject: | My Grandmother | | | My Grandmother Eva was on board the Gustloff when it was destroyed by "soviets." She was 16 and was aboard with her six year old sister and her mother. They were trying to escape Gotenhafen for the West (like many of the passengers.) Eva, my grandmother, was the only survivor; her mother and sister both drowned. Worse yet, she couldn't even go back to Gotenhafen after the war for years, for no one wanted to travel that far East (for obvious reasons.) | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Klaus Tietjens
(klaust@optusnet.com.au)
| | Date: | Fri 31 Jul 2009 09:26:42 AM EDT | | Subject: | My Mother's Story | | | My mother (Gisela, nee Hubner)told me that she and her mother (Elsa Hubner) were survivors of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. My mother passed away last year in Adelaide. My mother was born in Stolpmunde in 1927. She told me that they boarded the ship with 2 small cases with extra clothes and that after the ship departed, her mother insisted that they remain fully clothed and not to fall asleep. My mother told me that they eventually arrived in Kiel and were accomodated in a cinema with other survivors. They subsequently moved to Heide in Schleswig Holstein, where mum and my dad got married in 1948. In 1954 they immigrated to Australia, eventually settling in Adelaide. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Klaus Tietjens
(klaust@optusnet.com.au)
| | Date: | Fri 31 Jul 2009 09:26:39 AM EDT | | Subject: | My Mother's Story | | | My mother (Gisela, nee Hubner)told me that she and her mother (Elsa Hubner) were survivors of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. My mother passed away last year in Adelaide. My mother was born in Stolpmunde in 1927. She told me that they boarded the ship with 2 small cases with extra clothes and that after the ship departed, her mother insisted that they remain fully clothed and not to fall asleep. My mother told me that they eventually arrived in Kiel and were accomodated in a cinema with other survivors. They subsequently moved to Heide in Schleswig Holstein, where mum and my dad got married in 1948. In 1954 they immigrated to Australia, eventually settling in Adelaide. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Herbert
(NO@MAIL.DE)
| | Date: | Fri 24 Jul 2009 06:40:20 PM EDT | | Subject: | my father told me, that my grandmother was with him on this ship. | | | BUT THEY LEAVE THIS ANY HOURS BEVORE THE SHIP DRIVE TO THE LAST WAY....
the sister from my grandmother and the husband from the sister are sank with this ship wilhelm gustloff.
sorry for my bad english
herbert
www.brachthaeuser.org
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Name: | Jana
(marketingicn@gmail.com)
| | Date: | Sun 07 Jun 2009 07:17:20 PM EDT | | Subject: | original painting hung in the captain's cabin of the Wilhelm Gustloff | | | Hello, i have an original painting of a mountainstreet in Garmisch Partenkirchen (Germany) by the painter Karl Hübschmann (born 1878 Erfurt, died in Dresden). This painting hung in the captain's cabin of the Wilhelm Gustloff. This painting I would like to sell if interested write me back
Hallo, ich bin im Besitz eines original Gemäldes (Bergstraße in Garmisch Partenkirchen) vom Maler Karl Hübschmann (geb. 1878 Erfurt, gest. in Dresden. Dieses Gemälde hing in der Kapitänskajüte der Wilhelm Gustloff. Dieses Gemälde möchte ich gerne verkaufen bei Interesse schreiben sie mich an | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Bill Niven
(william.niven@ntu.ac.uk)
| | Date: | Tue 19 May 2009 04:37:44 AM EDT | | Subject: | Was the Gustloff a steamship or not? | | | Can anyone tell me for certain whether the Gustloff actually was a steamship ('Dampfer'?). I have read that the funnel was purely a decorative feature. Thanks. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Lorette
(lomavate@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Wed 13 May 2009 09:30:15 PM EDT | | Subject: | Survivor | | | My Grandmother, Elli Blum, was a survivor of the Wilhelm Gustloff tradgedy. She was one of the nurses on board. Keil, Germany was her home. She passed way a few years ago. When she was alive she rarely spoke of her experience-she was not allowed to. We found a picture of her as a young naval auxiliary nurse. The picture was folded in half and hidden in a book. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Mauro
(intertube@tin.it)
| | Date: | Fri 01 May 2009 05:31:00 PM EDT | | Subject: | Generalization | | | We all understand that history is written by the winners, so we only read about crimes from the losers and never from the winners. It looks like wars are made by angels (the winners) and demons (the losers) Furthermore we like to blame the other nations as a unit, without thinking about those many people forced into a situation they never wanted. Also I woulkd like to ask why , referring to nazis actions, very often comes the word "fascist" !! The fascists were the Italians only, and they had nothing to do with Nazi actions ! | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Fabio Coelho
(@mc_ovronnaz@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Tue 28 Apr 2009 10:15:14 AM EDT | | Subject: | ms Wilhelm Gustloff @ SketchUp | | | Hi, I am building the ms Wilhelm Gustloff in SketchUp model and I am managing to build it in paper.
I also would like to know where I can find the symbols the ship sported as a passenger liner, so I can finish my SketchUp model and if in fact the ship as refugee vessel was still in navy grey painting.
Thanks! =)
PS: Both models will be sent to this website as they will be finished, as well the SketchUp model on the respective Google SketchUp Image Bank @ sketchup.google.com. | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Guticrack
(@deemege@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Thu 16 Apr 2009 05:55:34 PM EDT | | Subject: | Günter Grass | | | What do you think about "Crabwalk", the famous novel by Günter Grass in which this very talented creator talk about the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff disaster? I am reading it and I think it is very interesting. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Julia DIxon
(julia.dixon@asu.edu)
| | Date: | Wed 11 Mar 2009 07:41:04 PM EDT | | Subject: | thank you... | | | this site is very informative and well done. I am reading "CRABWALK" by Gunter Grass for a european migrations class and had to find out more...
thank you for your dedication to this historical event.
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Name: | Axel Faye, Oslo
(fayeaxel@online.no)
| | Date: | Wed 04 Mar 2009 02:14:41 PM EST | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff in Oslo | | | Norway was occupied by Hitler-Germany from April 9th to May 8th 1945. At the age of 13 I saw "Wilhelm Gustloff" at the "Tjuvholmen" pier in Oslo harbour - most probably in November 1940. I saw the impressive white ship with its green line on the hull and a single red cross on the ship's single funnel from a train window across the harbour.
In 1944 I spoke with a Norwegian lady that had been invited abord the ship by a German officer that had shown her the ship. In particular she remembered the gutters for blood in the floors in the operating theaters.
Secondary comments:
At that time at the end of the harbour were the Town Hall with a place in front of it. Then on the west side of the harbor was the Shipyard "Akers. Mek. Verksted" (Aker's Mechanical Workshop) - who buildt the ship M/S Goya - with a dry dock and a floating dock. Today the area is urban wih restaurants, shops, offices and apartments. Today the dry dock is a channel and boat mooring space. Then came the Tjuvholmen pier and that area are these days developed as an urban area also.
In 1940 the Tjuvholmen pier was protruding into the harbor, closed to the public and guarded by Geman soldiers. The name Tjuvholmen came from the slang word Tjuv = Thief = tyv, and "holmen" means a very small island. In the Middle age the small island was inhabited by some thiefs. Later the small island were connected to the main land by filling in and made to a pier and today to an urban area. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | davidmolyneaux
(davidmolyneaux@talktalk.net)
| | Date: | Fri 27 Feb 2009 03:48:39 PM EST | | Subject: | wilhelm gustloff | | | i have been monitering this website for quite a few years, and is excellent. i read about this event in SEA BREEZES long long ago,this was really a true tragedy,never to come to light for so many years ,as german suffering seams to mean very little. i think the book by
GUNTHER GRASS is a good read too, in germany they made a two part mini series that was a big success ,i hope the german film industry brings the dvd out with english subtitles , | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Debbie Bond
(pdbond@westnet.com.au)
| | Date: | Sun 15 Feb 2009 07:38:00 PM EST | | Subject: | Wilhelmgustloff | | | My husband and I watched a movie on the sinking last night. We could not
believe that we had never heard about it before, and I was shocked to see
how many people died. your website is excellent. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Vivian
(vivabee@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Sat 14 Feb 2009 06:39:49 PM EST | | Subject: | Last survivor? | | | My father Harald Michaelis, may be the last living survivor of the Wilhelm Gustloff. He was 9 years old at the time of the tragedy. He is now 73 and living in South Australia. He is in poor health, so I am trying to get his story written. I am curious as to whether there are any other survivors. This is a very interesting site, thank you. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Louarn59
(kolina.le-vincennes@orange.fr)
| | Date: | Thu 22 Jan 2009 04:05:57 PM EST | | Subject: | danke ! | | | Ich bin ein bescheidener französischer historiker und ich sage schliesslish ! wenn es richtig ist, dass die geschichte von siegern, Frankreichs immer geschrieben wird, hatte ich alle schmerzen, informationen auf den östlichen dramen von Deutschland an anfang 1945 zu finden. Dauern sie, bravo und noch danke | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | margot cupp
(mmcupp@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Wed 07 Jan 2009 04:16:10 PM EST | | Subject: | response to Mr./Ms Rosenthall's e-mail | | | How could you say 'germans got what they deserved' - these people were also 'innocent'..........what a terrible thing to say. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | henk kruidenier
(henk@kruidenier-holding.nl)
| | Date: | Thu 01 Jan 2009 07:25:42 AM EST | | Subject: | wilhelm gustloff | | | I am totally facinated by this story that is so unknown to many people, your website is great but this story deserves to be better known to the world, so what about a book or maybe even a (documentary) movie, this tragedy needs to have more coverages, I thank you for all the information so far,
Henk J. Kruidennier, Schiedam, The Netherlands | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | zoubida
(zoubida@gmx.net)
| | Date: | Thu 25 Dec 2008 05:21:10 AM EST | | Subject: | Gustloff-Katastrophe | | | Die Mutter eines Freundes hat als Kind den Untergang der "Gustloff" überlebt. Sie weiß bis heute nicht ihre wahre Herkunft, da sie keine Angehörigen nach dem Desaster fand. Sie hat mir erzählt, wie nach einem Torpedo-Einschalg ein Nazi-Boss verwundet wurde, sein Bauch war aufgerissen und die Gedärme fielen heraus. "Es stank fürcherlich" sagte sie und er jammerte bis der Tod eintraf. Sie hat bis heute Albträume von dem Untergang,sie sagt, sie hört die Schreie der Menschen noch heute. Es muss eine furchtbare Katastrophe gewesen sein... | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Margot Cupp
(mmcupp@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Sun 02 Nov 2008 03:44:08 PM EST | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff | | | This was such a horrible tragedy - my mother thinks her 4 sisters (between 2 and 10 years old) were on this ship. Do any of you know if there is a manifest with the survivor names? Also, I noticed in one of the e-mails that another ship left the day after and made it safely. Is there any info on this ship or the people that were aboard?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
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Name: | colin harding
(colinhrdng@aol.com)
| | Date: | Fri 24 Oct 2008 02:34:45 PM EDT | | Subject: | Liners Gustloff and Hansa | | | Reference question second ship leaving with the Gustloff - may have been the Hansa which left with the Gustloff but was delayed - and ended up leaving the next day. Arrived safety in western Baltic | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Paul Maclean
(paul.maclean1@btopenworld.com)
| | Date: | Fri 17 Oct 2008 04:14:18 PM EDT | | Subject: | Thanks | | | I have just seen a National Geographic documentary on the sinking and was deeply moved, and then again by the care and respect shown by this site. Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining it. I am left with a sense of utter despair and pity - those poor, poor people. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Mark
(m.d.gaser@gmx.de)
| | Date: | Thu 16 Oct 2008 07:16:19 AM EDT | | Subject: | Zweites Schiff? | | | Hallo zusammen!
Am selben Tage wie die Gustloff lief ein zweites Schiff von Gding aus. Auf diesem Schiff ist die Mutter meiner Freundin geflohen. Kann mir einer sagen wie dieses Schiff hieß?
Hello!
At the same time as the Gustloff leave Gding a second ship leaves the harbour of Gding. The mother of my wive left Gduing with this ship. Is anybody here who knows the name of this ship?
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Name: | Marcos
(markgs@eresmas.com)
| | Date: | Sun 15 Jun 2008 07:16:36 AM EDT | | Subject: | Advertising for the victors becomes the history of the vanquished. | | | This boat is ignored and concealed by mass-medias because they know a tragedy against NS and that created a luxury boat for trrabajadores.
It also conceals an attack on the Germans, who later was extended to all of us Europeans, KALERGI PLAN.
www.honsik.com | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Thomas Laser
(info@thomas-laser.de)
| | Date: | Sat 14 Jun 2008 11:47:17 AM EDT | | Subject: | Wanted Members of my Family | | | On Search for Members of my own Family which called Marx.
I search a Passagerlist from MS Gustloff!!! Who can help me?? | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Peter Davies-Garner
(Pandavies@AOL.com)
| | Date: | Mon 21 Apr 2008 03:02:51 PM EDT | | Subject: | Wilhelm Gustloff scale model | | | Hi,
I am planning to build a 1:100 scale model of the Wilhelm Gustloff. Does anybody know from where I can get a good set of plans? Also there is a 1:100 scale model kit around by a company called Modellbauwerft. Does anybody know what it's like? Apparently a built version of this kit is held in the "Haus der Geschichte" in Bonn in Germany. The model is currently not on display but has anybody seen it? Is it any good?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
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Name: | thornstein hardwick
(thornstein.hardwick@hotmail.com)
| | Date: | Tue 04 Mar 2008 04:33:29 AM EST | | Subject: | Eva Boden | | | Die Gustloff was aired last night on ZDF. All very sad and dark, but one twinkle of light in this sea of misery and loss was the astounding youthful beauty of Mrs Eva Boden. She was 16 at the time of the sinking, so she must be 79 in the documentary. Amazing. Congratulations Mrs Boden !! | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Martin
(ngaio61@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | Mon 03 Mar 2008 05:13:18 AM EST | | Subject: | WilhelmGustloff.com very quiet | | | The official side of the site has been quiet for a while, even in the the lead up to Die Gustloff on ZDF.
I hope David is okay.
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Name: | Jani
(happyjani@gmx.de )
| | Date: | Mon 03 Mar 2008 04:31:40 AM EST | | Subject: | I am searching the passengerlist | | | I my grandgrandmother was on board the gustloff and now I am searching for the passengerlist. I know that the list isn't complete but i just want to take a watch on it.
Can anyone help me??? | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Tomas Fisher
(@erb3@02.pl)
| | Date: | Wed 30 Jan 2008 03:35:30 PM EST | | Subject: | Anninversary of sinking of theShip | | | For some unexplicable reason while surfing the net I punched the words Wilhelm Gustloff into the web search machine. Than I begun to read the information and suddenly realized that on the 30th of January 1945 a few minutes past 9pm the ship had been struck by the three fatal torpeedos...why now, why me ,why tonight this time I did what I did? I live near Gdynia, during the war called Gottenhafen, the ship sank northwards off the shores of the town Stolp than, today Slupsk: I live approx less tham 200 km south from this spot...
I will say a prayer tonight for the Souls of the Victims of that tragedy. May Lord have all those Souls near Him tonight.I will switch the reason and the judgement as to why them why him, why the politics been such than. I will try to just say a value free prayer for all those Souls...May They rest in Peace, Tom | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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