Windrush : a ship through time
Arnott, Paul2019
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For three decades the Windrush was the maritime Zelig of the twentieth century, playing different roles in the most turbulent years in modern times. Designed in 1930 in the Hamburg boatyard of a Jewish shipbuilder to ferry Germans to a new life in South America, it wasn't long before Goebbels requisitioned her as one of his 'Strength Through Joy' vessels. However, her duties soon darkened: she became a Nazi troop carrier, a support vessel for the pocket battleship Tirpitz and a prison ship transporting Jews to Auschwitz. This is Paul Arnott's vivid biography of a unique vessel, combining the memories of people who were there with a gripping account of an extraordinary merchant ship at the end of empires.
Main title:
Windrush : a ship through time / Paul Arnott.
Author:
Arnott, Paul, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2019.
Collation:
285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750989862 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Related title:
Windrush [electronic resource] : A Ship Through Time
BRN:
2514448
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