Dear Ken,

I actually met Herr Arthur Baudzus in 2010 and kept in touch with him & his family throughout the rest of his life. [farm1.staticflickr.com]

Ive updated my monsun uboat website to include a short biography of him , [monsun-uboats.blogspot.sg]


Yours,
Ibrahim


Ken Dunn Wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> At 93 years and seven months he had a long life.
>
> Arthur served in the E-Motor room of U-859 as a
> MaschGfr. When U-859 was sunk September 23, 1944
> near Penang in the Straits of Malacca, by
> torpedoes from the British submarine HMS TRENCHANT
> he was one of the few survivors that escaped from
> the boat after it had sunk to the bottom at a
> depth of around 164 feet.
>
> Arthur Baudzus was born in the East Prussian town
> of Lyck. He was ten when Hitler came to power and
> only 23 when the Nazi regime collapsed.
>
> An electrician by trade he was exempt from
> conscription because of his job in a shipyard
> engaged in the construction and repair of U-boats.
> Arthur later joined the Navy and was posted to
> U-859 as an electrician for her six-month voyage
> from Kiel to the Japanese held Malayan port of
> Penang. U-859, and her cargo of mercury, was sunk
> by a torpedo from HMS TRENCHANT less than an hour
> from her destination, and Baudzus had to swim up
> from the shattered hulk, then spent the next 24
> hours floating in the Malacca Straits before being
> rescued by the Japanese. He was one of only 20
> survivors.
>
> After the war he settled in Australia. He retired
> from Siemens as a marketing manager.
>
> Arthur was a good friend to the U-boat community &
> he helped me with my research for years. He also
> wrote about his WWII experiences:
>
> Baudzus, Arthur. U-859. Riverdale GA: Riverdale
> Electronic Books, 2003 (www.riverdalebooks.com).
> ISBN: 0-9712207-7-8. Copyright: Arthur Baudzus,
> 2003. This is the first U-boat book of his that I
> read and it is a novel. It does however have the
> story of how he escaped from the sunken U-859 and
> is full of facts.
>
> Baudzus, Arthur. The Nazi: Coming of Age in
> Hitler's Germany and the Voyage of the U-859.
> Riverdale GA: Riverdale Electronic Books, 2003
> (www.riverdalebooks.com). ISBN: 1-932606-13-0.
> Copyright: Arthur Baudzus, 2006. This is my
> favorite book of his. It is a frank description
> of what it was like growing up under Hitler’s
> regime and it addresses a number of questions that
> are rarely discussed in a frank & honesty way. I
> consider it a “must read” if you want a better
> understanding of who the U-boat men were. It also
> contains the story of his escape from the sunken
> U-boat.
>
> Arthur Baudzus also wrote The Hunter and the
> Hunted but I can’t find my copy at the moment.
>
> Arthur Baudzus was my friend and he will be
> missed.