Receipt of a donation in kind

Today we received a donation in kind from Switzerland, which we were very pleased about.

It is the rare book “The Sea Devil’s Fo’c'sle” by Lowell Thomas in a 1929 edition. Lowell Thomas (author of “With Laurence in Arabia” among others) had already written the book “The Sea Devil” in the early 1920s, which formed the basis for Luckner’s popularity in the USA. In 1959 Thomas ensured that the count was honored in the program “This is your life”.

The book donated today deals with stories of the count, which he described in German, for example in the book “Seeteufels Weltfahrt”. The program also included signed pictures and a great newspaper clipping that we had not seen before.

We were very pleased about the donation in kind, thank you very much for the support of our museum and send our warmest greetings to Beinwill am See in Switzerland.