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: The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing by David Seidman Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: This book offers straightforward and concise advice about the core skills of seamanship, which apply to virtually any vessel you sail. Like most sailing books, it is skewed noticeably toward the Bermudan/Marconi (triangle) rig, though not to the same...   Iron Coffins: A Personal Account Of The German U-boat Battles Of World War II by Herbert A. Werner Amazon Price: Customer Review: The book claims to be an autobiography, and that is why I selected it. Dates of patrols, the names of commanders and exec's and the loss of German u-boats are close to the official records. However, the number of successful sinkings of allied ships, ...   Start Sailing Right!: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction (... by Derrick Fries Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: I was obliged to buy this book for a sailing course I planned to take, and I found that I did like this book more than I expected. It's thorough and clear with many thoughtful and helpful illustrations. However, be sure you buy the video supplement ...   If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat - Participant... by John Ortberg Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: This is a work book not the book don't make the mistake I did and order the wrong item :)   Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short (and Now Complete) S... by David Einhorn Amazon Price: $19.77 Customer Review: Wow, what an eye-opener to the inner workings of the establishment and the corruption, fraud, theft, politics, & incompetence running throughout the system. David does an excellent job of walking you through his incredible fight with the establishme...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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