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Death on the Black Sea : the untold story of the Struma and World War II's Holocaust at sea

Title
Death on the Black Sea : the untold story of the Struma and World War II's Holocaust at sea / Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
Author
Frantz, Douglas.
Publication
New York, NY : Ecco, [2003], ©2003.

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Collins, Catherine.
Description
xvi, 352 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • "On the morning of February 24, 1942, on the Black Sea near Istanbul, an explosion ripped through a ship filled with Jewish refugees. One man clung fiercely to a piece of deck, fighting to survive. Nearly eight hundred others - among them, more than one hundred children - perished.".
  • "From this dramatic prologue Death on the Black Sea unfolds as a powerful story of endurance and the struggle for survival aboard a decrepit former cattle barge called Struma. The only path to escape led through Istanbul, where the desperate passengers found themselves trapped in a closing vise between the Nazis and countries that refused them sanctuary.".
  • "The story of the Struma, its passengers, and the events that led to its destruction is investigated and revealed fully in two vivid, parallel accounts set six decades apart. One chronicles the diplomatic maneuvers and callousness of Great Britain, Romania, Turkey, and the rest of the international community, which resulted in the largest maritime loss of civilian life during World War II.
  • The other part of the story recounts a recent attempt by a team of divers to locate the Struma at the bottom of the Black Sea, an effort initiated and pursued by the grandson of two of the victims."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Sṭrumah (Ship)
  • Jews > Persecutions > Romania
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Romania
  • Jews > Romania > Migrations
  • Jewish refugees > Romania
  • Palestine > Emigration and immigration
  • Romania > Ethnic relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The coming cataclysm -- pt. 2. Holocaust at sea -- pt. 3. Istanbul intrigues -- pt. 4. After the sinkng.
ISBN
0066212626
LCCN
2002027157
OCLC
  • ocm50129361
  • SCSB-4333151
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries