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Italians on the Wilhelm Gustloff?

Dear mr.Mackenzie,

I have seen your site, it's very interesting, and completed !!

Thanks for your site.

I have one questions : I'm very interesting to the boat of Wilhelm Gustloff, I'm write from Italy, and I would know if there is some nice Photo Book of this Boat.

I had search on Internet Book Shop, but I don't have see any of this Book.

Can you help me or advise me if there are some of these books ?

Do you know how I found some Italian military or some Italian People on this Boat ?

There is a complete list of this tragedy ?

Thanks a lot for your information and for your time.

Massimiliano Canossa
Verona - ITALY


Dear Massimiliano,

Thank you for your kind words about AHoy, my friend Terry Kearns in Atlanta, Georgia, USA runs it for me, I provide all the stories, it is a joint effort.

I do not know of any Book of Photographs about Wilhelm Gustloff, but I will list five sites for you, just click on each one, to see both photographs and a story about the ship. In all, they will give you as good a record of the ship that I am aware of.

As so many people crowded onto the ship before it sailed, and then thousands died that night, the authorities had no way of recording just who was on board, and who died. A complete list just does not exist.

Did you find some Italian people who sailed in her?

Here are the five sites with information about Wilhelm Gustloff.

1. http://www.feldgrau.com/wilhelmgustloff.html  
Story and photographs.

2. http://www.mboring.com/wilhelmgustloff/wgphotos-uw-01.html
Photos of  May 2003 dive on wreck of WG.

3.  http://www.feldgrau.com/wilhelmgustloff.html
Photos of Memorabilia from WG.

4. http://community.webshots.com/album/49956507gaTnYga
15 photographs of Wilhelm Gustloff as a cruise ship in 1938 Click on individual photographs to bring up a large picture.

5. http://www.mboring.com/wilhelm-gustloff/wgphotos-01.html
 Photos of WG.

I do trust that these links are of some help in your quest for information on this tragic sinking, which was the worst disaster at sea for a single vessel in Maritime History.

With best wishes from Australia, if you have any more questions, I will try to help, just ask.

Mackenzie ( my first name ) Gregory.


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