October 1987 Interview done with Siegfried Wiskow, a veteran of the battleship 'Gneisenau', and his wife, Liselotte

[Above: Siegfried and Liselotte]

Can you tell me why you were interested in joining the Kriegsmarine?

Siegfried: I came from a long line of men who served our nation in the navy so I naturally joined in 1936 when Germany announced the English/German naval agreement where England allowed us to build a very small navy. It was only to be 1/10 the size of Eng…