Das Boot (novel)

This article is about the novel. For the Film, see Das Boot. For the TV series, see Das Boot (TV series). For other uses, see Das Boot (disambiguation).

Cover of the 1973 first edition

Das Boot (German pronunciation: [das ˈboːt], English: The Boat) is a 1973 autobiographical German novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim based on his experiences as a war correspondent on U-boat submarines. Buchheim recorded his time on submarine U-96 and submarine U-309 during World War II. The Buchheim historical drama book was published in 1973 by Piper Verlag, the book has sold millions of copies and was translated into 18 languages. The novel portrayed the harsh and difficult submarine warfare life on a German submarine.[1][2][3]

“I was either too hard on the Nazis or too soft on the Nazis, it merely depended on one’s attitude to Nazis” Buchheim on the Das Boot novel[4]

  1. ^ L.-G. Buchheim: Der Film Das Boot Ein Journal. Goldmann Verlag, München 1981.
  2. ^ Lothar-Ggünther Buchheim's Das Bboot: Memory and the Nazi Past, by Dean Jon Guarnaschelli, St. John's University Theses and Dissertations, 2020
  3. ^ Lothar-Günther Buchheim: Das Boot. 1977
  4. ^ Buchheim to Charlie Connelly