Für Volk and Führer : the memoir of a veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler /
Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. From the war on the southern sector of the Easte...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Solihull :
Helion & Company,
2013.
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| Summary: | Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. From the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front to a bomb-shattered Berlin populated largely by old men and demoralized lonely women, this candid eyewitness account offers a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer. |
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| Physical Description: | 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781909384538 (hbk.) 1909384534 (hbk.) |