Kriegsmarine Hilfskreuzer Pinguin Photographs

[Martin W]

Here a a couple of pictures that arrived on Christmas eve from Germany.They were taken on board the Hilfskreuzer Pinguin(Schiff 33) in 1940.The Pinguin was the first of the Hilfskreuzers to be sunk on May 8 1941.She never made it back to Germany,hence the rarity of the photo's.The first picture is of the Commander Ernst-Felix Kruder and his officers.

Regards,Martin.

[Martin W]

Reverse.

[Martin W]

The second photo is of Kruder playing with his pet "Dackel".

[Martin W]

Reverse of second photo.The text reads something like this;

"Every forenoon Stuppi plays with the commander on the deck of the boat for an hour.This hour belongs to daily routine".

Life aboard ship could get very tedious at times i think.

[Martin W]

Finally,the Pinguin,Schiff 33.

[Martin W]

Reverse.

[nesredep]

Hello!

Nice interesting find,thanks for showing.

All the best

Nesredep

[Guest Rick Research]

What was the origin of these?

[Martin W]

Rick,

i have no idea of the originality.I can only speculate that the original prints or negatives made it back to Germany on one of the Pinguin's prize ships.This set of prints came from Kai Winkler.

Regards,Martin.