Product Description

Discusses the harrowing 1942 events and tragedy of the Struma, a disabled ship that was trying to rescue eight hundred Jewish passengers from Nazi-occupied eastern Europe before it was mysteriously sunk by a Russian submarine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2030765 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

About the Author
Douglas Frantz is an award winning investigative journalist. As a bureau chief of the NYT in Istanbul, he broke and followed this story for three years.

Customer Reviews

A lost ship - an uncovered tragedy.
A gripping story of the plight of a desperate group of jewish refugees who leave Romania to escape a brutal regime but end up facing an even worse fate. Despite being a true story, the tragic events unfold in a way that makes it compulsive reading. The factual information has been meticulously unearthed and the juxtoposition of wartime events with a latterday attempt by a family member to find out more about his lost relatives is a technique which keeps the reader enthralled. Personal focus on individual victims, especially David Stoliar, the sole survivor of the disaster make this story all the more moving. I highly recommend this book.