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Paul König
1867–1933
Best known for a dramatic World War I submarine voyage, this German sea captain turned his experience into a firsthand adventure narrative. His writing offers a rare look at commerce, danger, and wartime propaganda from inside the U-Deutschland.
1 Audiobook
The voyage of the "Deutschland"
by Paul König
About the author
Paul König was a German merchant navy captain and business executive born in 1867 and died in 1933. He is chiefly remembered for commanding the merchant submarine Deutschland on its headline-making voyages to the United States during World War I.
He later wrote about that experience in The Voyage of the "Deutschland", a memoir-style account that helped bring his story to a wider reading public. For audiobook listeners, he is less a literary figure than a witness to an unusual moment in history: a professional seaman describing blockade-running, technology, and wartime travel from his own point of view.
His life sits at the crossroads of maritime history and early twentieth-century international conflict, which gives his work its lasting interest. Readers coming to him today will likely find a period voice, strong personal conviction, and a vivid sense of the risks and spectacle surrounding the submarine age.