Quiz

Being a war correspondent, he joined the crew of the famous German submarine U-96 in 1941 to photograph and describe it in action. Based on these experiences, he wrote "Das Boot" about thirty years later.

German author, publisher, painter and art collector, probably best known for his international bestseller "Das Boot", which was made into the hit movie U-Boot 96 (1981).

Created the Museum of Imagination, now called the Buchheim Museum, in Bernried on Lake Starnberg, containing his collection of Expressionist paintings and graphics, but also curiosities such as nutcrackers or carousel animals (2001).

His mother Charlotte Buchheim was also a painter.