NAZIS MUTINY?
BRITISH PRISONERS' STORY. CAPTAIN LAXGSDOKFF PRAISED. Commenting on the report that German sailors had refused to man the Graf Speo for an honourable attempt to fight her way through the British blockade, Captain Parry, in an interview to-day, said that his only source of information regarding that aspect of the occasion was information he had received from British merchantmen prisoners who were on the Graf Bpee during the action. When the prisoners were released they said the morale of the Naai crew was bad after the action. They added, however, that the next day fortitude had revived. The commander of the Graf Spec had told his prisoners that they were to be taken to Germany for internment. It was also reported that the German captain had commented on his officers and crew to the effect that they were "very inexperienced." Paying a tribute to Captain Langsdorff, of the Graf Spee, Captain Parry said he was one of the good type of Germans. He said his conduct In action was very fine in contrast to that of the skipper of the Altmarck, who appeared to be of the concentration camp type.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 46, 23 February 1940, Page 8
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