Lothar-Guenther Buchheim

A journalist and author, during World War II Buchheim was war correspondent for Germany, and served briefly on a Unterseeboot (better known as a "U-Boat") -- U-96. During the war his writings about the submarine's missions were used as propaganda. After the war, he turned to writing novels, and in 1973 published Das Boot ("The Boat"), which was made into the 1981 anti-war film of the same name, which won international acclaim. Buchheim also was a photographer, and took more than 5,000 photographs during his time on the U-96; they were published in a nonfiction work U-Boat Krieg ("U-Boat War"). The U-96 was an anomaly among U-Boats: there were no casualties among its crew, even though it went on 11 missions -- and was sunk on its last one. Buchheim also collected art, and created the Buchheim Museum of Imagination, which has an extensive collection of Expressionism works. He died February 22 from heart failure. He was 89. From This is True for 25 February 2007 Suggestions for further reading: Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition by Charlie Wing Amazon Price: $44.07 Customer Review: You can't go wrong with a Charlie Wing book.This book has all the information that you need to help you get your USCG Captains License. Even if you are in a course if can help you review for the test.   Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II by Herbert A. Werner Amazon Price: $13.65 Customer Review: AN absolutely excellent book. Right up there with Guy Sajer's "Forgotten Soldier" except of course this is how it was at (or Under?) sea during WWII. Easy reading and fast moving one becomes acquainted with life on a u-boat. The terrible food and liv...   Honey, Let's Get a Boat... A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop by Ron Stob, Eva Stob Amazon Price: $14.36 Customer Review: I started out really enjoying this book as I too have dreams of completing the Great Loop when I retire. However, the more I read, the more I became annoyed by the authors writing style or storytelling. Some things that really annoyed me, noting the ...   Titanic: The Last Great Images by Robert Ballard Amazon Price: $30.40 Customer Review: My 13 year old nephew is a huge Titanic buff and I bought this book for him. He loves it! It has great photos and is just a beautiful book to look through.   Start Sailing Right!: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction (... by Derrick Fries Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Amazon delivered this product on a timely fashion and in excellent shape. Thank you.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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