Publication: Marcin Jamkowski

The first book by Marcin Jamkowski (09-10) was recently published in Polish. Ghosts of the Abyss of the Baltic Sea: Steuben, Gustloff, Goya is a documentary style investigation of the three largest maritime tragedies of all time – Wilhelm Gustloff (5-9 thousand people lost), Steuben (4.5 thousand) and Goya (6-7 thousand). All three belonged to Nazi Germany and in the last few months of World War II, they were torpedoed by Soviet Russia. Jamkowski interviewed survivors and sailors, dug through Soviet archives, and dived to the shipwrecks to research the book.