One of his boats (he used four): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/St...

His route: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Speck-ma...

Photograph of him at the Timor coast: https://cdn.mopo.de/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/farbe-oskar-spec...

This seems to be a photograph taken after his arrest: https://lovedaylives.com/app/uploads/2021/03/SPECK-2.jpg

According to the German Wikipedia, he had a small electrical company which went bankrupt during the Great Depression. His original plan was to "only" paddle to Cyprus to work in a copper mine.

No one told him about the war on route?

Austria isn't that far from Germany.

Well worth the read. Absolutely fascinating.

Amazing read!