Another place, another time : a U-boat officer's wartime album / Werner Hirschmann ; with Donald E. Graves ; foreword by Timothy P. Mulligan ; maps by Christopher Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschmann, Werner, 1923-

Contributor:

Graves, Donald E.

Mulligan, Timothy.

Johnson, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hirschmann, Werner, 1923-.

Hirschmann, Werner.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sea control.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Canadian.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.

Submarines (Ships).

History.

Germany.

Submarines (Ships)--Germany--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Immigrants--Canada--Biography.

Immigrants.

Canada.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- German.

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2004]

Summary:

Featuring never before published photographs of the Type 1XC/40 U-boats, this war memoir follows the career of an officer in the Kriegsmarine who made four combat patrols in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, including one of the last forays to North American waters in 1945. Starting with his pre-war childhood through his wartime service in the German Navy and post-war life in Canada, the book gives readers an authentic insider's view, based primarily on Hirschmann's wartime diaries, his remarkable photograph album, and historical documents. Included are his experiences on board a destroyer that escorted the Bismarck on her last operation, a Mediterranean U-boat base patrol, an encounter and escape from American soldiers in the French port of Lorient, and his last patrol to North American waters during which his submarine U-190 sank a Canadian warship. This illustrated memoir is a valuable record of the U-boat service and the technical details of the U-boat experience.

Contents:

Beginnings: 1923 to 1940

From Blankenfelde to the Bismarck: October 1940 to May 1941

The Rote Schloss and the U-boot-Waffe: June 1941 to March 1942

Sunshine, Chianti and ice cream: Italy, April to July 1942

"Sing, Nachtigall, Sing!" Mürwik, Memel and U-612, July 1942 to January 1944

Frontboot U-190: January to June 1944

Besieged in Festung Lorient: June to August 1944

Heim ins Reich- escape from Lorient: August to October 1944

Love in the ruins of the Reich: October 1944 to February 1945

The last patrol: February to May 1945

Flying the black flag: surrender, May 1945

Prisoner of war: May 1945 to October 1947

Epilogue: Another place, another time

Appendix 1. The type IXC/40 U-boats U-190 and U-889: a pictorial tour

Appendix 2. Life on a U-boat.

Notes:

First published in Canada by Robin Brass Studio Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.

ISBN:

1591140137

OCLC:

56407071