Description
The first paperback edition of Schlachtschiff Bismarck by Von Ulrich Elfrath, signed by Bismarck survivor, Bruno Rzonca.
Octavo, 48pp. Illustrated paperback. Wear to covers, wear along edges. Solid binding. A very good example, with numerous black and white photographs.
Signed on the title page by Bismarck survivor, Bruno Rzonca.
Maschinenobergefreiter Bruno Rzonca was one of 116 survivors of nearly 2500 men aboard Bismarck when she was scuttled on May 27, 1941. He was released from POW camp in 1947, later emigrating to the United States in the 1950’s. He was the only Bismarck survivor to live in the United States. Rzonca died in 2004.
