The U-Boat Filled with Gold - Paperback

by Adelbert Scholtz (Author)

A young man from South West Africa goes to Germany to study nautical engineering and falls in love with a girl whom he later marries. That forces him to stay in Germany and to join the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy, as a submarine officer. During the Second World War he becomes the captain of a successful U-boat, while his wife is killed during an American bombing raid. He finds the new love of his life in occupied Norway. At the end of the war, he is involved in a secret operation, namely to smuggle three tons of Nazi gold to South America in the newest type of U-boat.

Author Biography

Adelbert Scholtz is a retired South African minister of religion and a practicing psychologist with doctorates in the history of Christianity and psychology. He is the author of various books on (church) history, practical theology and psychology and lectured part-time at two universities. During his study in Europe, he served as a part-time civilian chaplain on a hospital ship of the Dutch Navy. He also served as a part-time chaplain in the South African Army during 1978-1994.

Visit him at www.helderbergpsychologist.co.za.