Disasters at sea
Disasters at Sea was a series of notebooks published by the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People.
Data
Between 1951 and 1981 a total of 15 issues were published without numbering.
The booklets were not sold through the magazine trade and are deliberately differentiated from the " junk booklets ". The series was advertised by the publisher (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger) as follows: “ In our series of publications, disasters at sea, recognized writers describe outstanding rescue deeds based on original reports in an exciting and factual manner. “All booklets were checked in advance by the youth publications committees and were recommended for school use.
The Landser author and former Nazi writer Fritz-Otto Busch was also one of the "recognized writers" . He also wrote for the novel series SOS - Fate of German Ships and anchor booklets. Seafaring around the world - from which this series deliberately distinguished itself. Hans Berber-Credner, on the other hand, only appeared outside of this series as the author of a memorandum on the history and work of the DGzRS.
Some of the booklets were illustrated with drawings, but often also with photos. Chapter headings divide the small booklets, similar to what is usual for books.
There are new editions in 1963, 1975 and approx. 1980 with changed covers and slightly revised texts.
Issues published
| author | title |
|---|---|
| Fritz-Otto Busch | The sinking of the steamer Teeswood |
| Fritz-Otto Busch | The stranding of the Finnish barque "Paul" |
| Fritz-Otto Busch | Where is the "Nossan"? |
| Fritz-Otto Busch | The death trip of the lifeboat "Vegesack" |
| Hans Berber-Credner | The Látrabjark rescue act |
| Fritz-Otto Busch | In the pack ice off Langeoog |
| Harry Naumann | Rescuers on the coast |
| Fritz-Otto Busch | Stranded on Gross-Vogelsand |
| Hans Georg Prager | "Njandoma" transmits SOS |
| Hans Georg Prager | In the cauldron of the Aussenweser |
| Hans Georg Prager | The Baltic Sea is not a duck pond |
| Hermann Neuber | The year of the storms |
| Hermann Neuber | Emergency signals over the Bay of Kiel |
| Hermann Neuber | Full speed through heavy seas |
| Hermann Neuber | Wind force twelve |
swell
- Heinz J. Galle: Folk books and book novels. Forays into popular entertainment literature for over 100 years . DvR, Lüneburg 2005–2006.
- Volume 1: The boom after 1945 . 2005, ISBN 3-8334-3232-2 .
- Norbert Hethke, Peter Skodzik: General German novel price catalog . Bethke, 2007.