If you have not read this book yet, do so. It is an excellent account of life aboard the Bismarck.
Battleship Bismarck A Survivor's Story. Baron Burkard von Mullenheim-Rechberg.
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- mike kemble
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Indeed, it's an invaluable and unique book. I think (I am not sure) Muellenheim-Rechberg is the only survivor who published a book about Bismarck.
I've finished my first reading and I need to re-read it more carefully. There is so much detail (and facts and maps) which must be analysed further, correlated etc.
I wonder if a thread could be devoted in Bismarck & Rheinuebung related books. There, we could inform others on what kind of info each book contains,
the interpretation/version of events, maps, tables, figures etc. We could even attempt book critic!
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Baron Burkard von Muellenheim-Rechberg has a middle name?
In my copy of the book the author is Muellenheim-Rechberg, Burkard, Freiherr von. Is Freiherr his father's name? There is no Baron in the crew-list, only Burkard.
How many editions are for this book ? Mine is the 1980, US Naval Institute, ISBN 0-87021-096-3, 290 pages, hard cover with jacket on which there is T G Webb's painting.
I noticed that newer editions (1990) have more (450+) pages. A 2nd edition perhaps?
I've finished my first reading and I need to re-read it more carefully. There is so much detail (and facts and maps) which must be analysed further, correlated etc.
I wonder if a thread could be devoted in Bismarck & Rheinuebung related books. There, we could inform others on what kind of info each book contains,
the interpretation/version of events, maps, tables, figures etc. We could even attempt book critic!
Back to the Survivor's Story:
Baron Burkard von Muellenheim-Rechberg has a middle name?
In my copy of the book the author is Muellenheim-Rechberg, Burkard, Freiherr von. Is Freiherr his father's name? There is no Baron in the crew-list, only Burkard.
How many editions are for this book ? Mine is the 1980, US Naval Institute, ISBN 0-87021-096-3, 290 pages, hard cover with jacket on which there is T G Webb's painting.
I noticed that newer editions (1990) have more (450+) pages. A 2nd edition perhaps?
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Baron and Freiherr
He was probably awarded the Baron title later, if I'm not mistaken Freiherr is a Prussian title along the lines of Baron I'll have to reread my von Richthofen books to be sure though.
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Not absolutely positive but I think we may find this was hereditary as titles in those days were not found in opened packets of corn flakes, so to speak. From my copy:
is a former naval officer, lawyer and ambassador. Born in Spandau into a family where the profession of arms was an established tradition, he entered the Navy of the Wiemar Repulbic in 1929. Throught the narrative he is refered to as Baron.
is a former naval officer, lawyer and ambassador. Born in Spandau into a family where the profession of arms was an established tradition, he entered the Navy of the Wiemar Repulbic in 1929. Throught the narrative he is refered to as Baron.
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I think "baron" is a slight step to high, although the dictionaries give you this as an equivalent for "Freeman/Freiherr". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiherr Infact in 1936 Baron von Muellenheim-Rechberg signed his name simply B.(Burkhart) Muellenheim.
Ulrich