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Timeline 1 (up to building the Titanic)

• The dinner at Lord Pirrie's in summer 1907 - just a legend? by Günter Bäbler

• What color is "White Star Buff"? by Ken Marschall

• 95 years ago: The forgotten maiden voyage by Günter Bäbler

• Extending New York's Chelsea Piers by Günter Bäbler

Timeline 2 (Building Titanic - maiden voyage)

• Arrival Tuesday in New York by Kay Linnecker

• Titanic, in commission 1911 by Günter Bäbler

• I believe she's gone Hardy by Susanne Störmer

Timeline 3 (aftermath of the tragedy)

• Iceberg first - the sinking of the Titanic covered by the German press April 1912 by Susanne Störmer

Timeline 4

• How I acquired a First Class Passenger List by Günter Bäbler

• An open letter to Bob Ballard by Paul-Henry Nargeolet

Newspaper Reports

Abbreviations:
GER = Germany; NZ = New Zealand; SCO = Scotland; USA = United States of America

(GER) Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, 19 April 1912, Morgenausgabe
(GER) Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, 19 April 1912, 2. und 3. Blatt, Abendausgabe
(GER) Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, 20 April 1912, 1. Blatt, Morgenausgabe

(SCO) Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser, 17 April 1912 (Second Edition)
(SCO) Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser, 20 April 1912
(SCO) Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser, 24 April 1912

(GER) Elmshorner Nachrichten, 16 April 1912
(GER) Elmshorner Nachrichten, 18 April 1912
(GER) Elmshorner Nachrichten, 19 April 1912

(GER) Hamburger Echo, 15 April 1912
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 15 April 1912, Abendausgabe
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 16 April 1912, Morgenausgabe
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 16 April 1912, Abendausgabe
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 17 April 1912, Morgenausgabe
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 17 April 1912, Abendausgabe
(GER) Hamburger Nachrichten, 18 April 1912, Morgenausgabe

(GER) Kieler Neueste Nachrichten, 17. April 1912
(GER) Kieler Neueste Nachrichten, 18. April 1912

(SCO) Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser, 19 April 1912
(SCO) Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser, 26 April 1912
(SCO) Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser, 26 April 1912

(NZ) The Lyttleton Times, 17 April 1912

(USA) New York Times, 15 April 1912, first edition

Statistics

The Lost and the Saved by Hermann Söldner

Survivors/Victims of the former Olympic's,  Oceanic's and other ships' crew by Susanne Störmer

German books on the Titanic 1912 - 2000 by Günter Bäbler