↑ Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces Gordon Williamson, page 39,Osprey Publishing 2009
1 2 Irwin J. Kappes References states 5,348. He does not cite his sources but recommends: A. V. Sellwood, The Damned Don't Drown: The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff (a fiction title about the tragedy); and Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans 1944-1950.
1 2 3 4 Jason Pipes, References citing Heinz Schön References (no page number) claims the loss of life was 9,343.
