Below is an Index of testimonials from survivors. Some were sent to the author and others are links to testimonials I have discovered on the Net.

Inge Bendrich (Australia) Extract: My mother wrote her own account of the sinking and it was always kept in an envelope inside the book by Heinz Schoen. I know that she would have gladly contributed to this site if she were still alive....About a metre away stood a marine officer. He made no attempt to get to the railing. He appeared to be listening to noises which sounded like whipping.....

Irene (Canada) Extract: I was 11 1/2 at the time. About 9 p.m. we felt a thud and the ship listed..... I found my mother in the water and we swam to the rescue ship.....

I survived history's worst sea disaster ~ by Hans Rittner Extract: The Gustloff had disappeared beneath the waves. But all around me were the bodies ~ like dark, pitiful rag bundles ~ some crying, some praying, some screaming.

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