New Kurt Sametreiter Photo Book

[ss3]

Hello fellow Forum members.

I would like to announce the release of a superb new photo book on the history of SS-Knight's Cross holder, Kurt Sametreiter.

This book has been titled My Brother in Arms and covers the history of Kurt Sametreiter and Heinz Klosowski (Kurt later married his sister).

The book is designed to emulate the war-time photo albums and is contained within a thick padded and embossed cover (see attached images). Inside the book are:

179 pages (high gloss, high quality print)
350 photos (the majority from Kurt's personal archive)
60 period documents
20 maps to help orientate the reader

The initial print run is set at 100 and each one contains the stamped signature (he is unable to write due to Parkinson's Disease) of Kurt Sametreiter.

I will add my signature and an inscription of your choosing once the purchase has been confirmed.

The cost of this book is £75.00 and payment can be made via Paypal (fees to be added), personal cheque, or bank transfer. Postage and packing will be additional and this heavy beast weighs in at 2.4kg when packaged up!

This is a superb personal record of a Waffen-SS soldier who volunteered at the age of 15, served with SS-Oberbayern, SS-Heimwehr Danzig, SS-Totenkopf Division, The Leibstandarte and finally with the SS-Nederland Division. He fought on all fronts and all through the war. He rose to the rank of SS-Obersturmfuhrer and was awarded Germany's highest bravery recognition, the Knight's Cross. The images in this book help the reader see the war from Kurt Sametreiter and Heinz Klosowski's perspective.

Please PM me if you would like to reserve your copy.

Thanks
Peter

[ss3]

additional images

just some more shots of the book.

Website is being finished off currently and I will post a link once ready.

Thanks
Peter

[WEISNER]

Looks great Peter! could you show a few more pages showing layout of the text and wartime photos? Thanks in advance!

Kevin

[John P. Moore]

I just finished reading the last page of Peter's new book that arrived in the mail two days earlier. The quality of both text and images is excellent. This book is much more than a collection of captioned photos. There are plenty of interesting details in this book that the author could have only obtained from the veterans themselves. This added considerably to the reader's understanding of Kurt Sametreiter and Heinz Klose at a personal level. I was surprised to learn that the Dachau concentration camp was cleared of all inmates in October 1939 to make room for the 20,000 men of the newly raised Totenkopf division who were quartered in the barracks. I hope that Peter will continue publishing similar books. The value of such a book is clear where the author uses first hand recollections from the actual veterans in contrast to so many other books that we see coming on the market these days where the author was either unable or unwilling to make the effort to obtain veteran support.

John

[Mark C. Yerger]

Obviously a labor of love. Bravo

[filfe]

hello all, where can i get a copy of this book

[collecter]

hello all, where can i get a copy of this book

Send Peter a PM, member SS3 on here.John

[ss3]

Thanks for the supportive comments to date - appreciated - more WAF member's copies are in the post as we speak!

As requested. see below for some internal pages from the book itself - please note that the watermark on each page is not in the original book and neither is the black border around the edge of each page.

Trust this is what you needed.

Thanks
Peter

[ss3]

and a couple more

[leib1]

Mine arrived today,quality book very impressed.Can only agree with John.Hope there is more to follow !!
Jamie

[Mhall]

Book Order

Hi Peter,
I would love to order a copy. Please send me the information toget one.

[ss3]

HI Folks,

Have finished off the website for the moment - please go to the following link to read some more details.

http://www.lahpublishing.com/

Thanks for the interest and orders to date. As a general update 69 copies out of the 100 either paid for and in the post, or in the process of being paid for.

[pimberg]

Have just received my book. A top quality and interesting book. A geniune collectors item and therefore value for many.

Regards, Peter (Melbourne / Australia)

[greg1878]

Mine arrived today, I cannot recommend this book enough, it is a work of art. If you are interested in personal accounts of the War then this is a great book, if you have the opportunity then grab one
Cheers - Greg

[collecter]

I can only echo what every body has said of this book,I had the privilage of handling some of the original documents featured in this book and I have been looking forward to getting my copy and I was not disappointed with the final result.It is an excellent record of these mens service with the bonus of some rare photographs of the early war.John