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Eyewitness to Wehrmacht Atrocities on the Eastern Front - A German Soldier s Memoir of War and Captivity (Hardcover)
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Eyewitness to Wehrmacht Atrocities on the Eastern Front - A German Soldier s Memoir of War and Captivity (Hardcover)
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How can the truth about the devastating atrocities committed by the
German army on the Eastern Front in the Second World War be
reconciled with the propaganda of their heroism and their
victories? And how did a simple soldier, caught up in the turmoil
of a vast conflict, make sense of the actions he had taken and the
ruthlessness he had seen? Luis Raffeiner's plain and simple account
of his direct experience of the Nazi war of annihilation in the
Soviet Union records in graphic detail circumstances which made him
a victim and perpetrator at the same time. Raffeiner describes his
family life in a remote village in the Tyrol in the 1930s, his
military service in Italy, his transfer to the Wehrmacht and his
training as a mechanic on assault guns, and then his march into the
Soviet Union in 1941\. There he experienced, as he himself says,
war in its brutal and cruel reality'. He was captured by the Red
Army, barely survived as a prisoner of war and, many years later,
he recounted his vividly remembered experiences in order to produce
this insightful -and thought-provoking -book. His recollections are
dramatic, honest and concise. He shatters the myth of the clean
conduct of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front. He can testify to
the vicious actions of his fellow soldiers, including some in which
he himself was involved. His memoir is not a heroic tale -it shows
how a man from an ordinary background can become acquainted with,
and a participant in, the horrors of war.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2021 |
Authors: |
Luis Raffeiner
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Afterword by: |
Hannes Heer
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-09770-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-399-09770-9 |
Barcode: |
9781399097703 |
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