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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.
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.  18 May 1998
Oberbootsmannsmaat Karl Hoffmann Extract: There were approximately 60,000 people crowed into the harbor of Gotenhafen.......
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