Das Reich memoirs

[Mat Holloway]

im looking for memoirs etc of das reich
and any good titles with about reconaissance units

any suggestions would be great
thanks
matt

[Jaegerhando]

im looking for memoirs etc of das reich
and any good titles with about reconaissance units

any suggestions would be great
thanks
matt

Hot Motors, Cold Feet by Helmut Gunther is a great Das Reich memoir. He was involved in the Moscow front. I also know a vet who was in that battle, but his memoirs have not been published in English.

[stonemint]

"The Gods of War" by Hans-Werner Woltersdorf is a memoir published around 1990 by an Untersturmfuhrer of the DR. I haven't read it since then, but if I recall correctly, it was somewhat philosophical in nature, and also dealt with connecting with the son he fathered by a French girl while the DR was in France. The story jumps from 1944 to 1961 quite often, if I recall correctly.

Maybe someone who has read it more recently than I can give a good opinion as to whether it is worth reading.

Weidinger's own book on the "DF" is also a good read ("Kameraden bis zum Ende"), but is not an autobiography per se, but a regimental history.

[leib1]

Knights of steel 1+2
German cross in gold 1+2
by Mark C Yerger, are excellent books
Happy New Year Jamie

[Jaegerhando]

Also, if you read German "SS-Beutedeuetscher" by Sasi Schneid is great. I met him and he is a great man. He's a DR vet who was at Oradeur sur Glane.

[Mat Holloway]

thanks for all the suggestions guys im going to spend some christmas money!
does anyone know of any armoured reconnaisance unit memoirs it doesnt have to be das reich any recon unit is fine
thanks again
matt

[stonemint]

thanks for all the suggestions guys im going to spend some christmas money!
does anyone know of any armoured reconnaisance unit memoirs it doesnt have to be das reich any recon unit is fine
thanks again
matt

I want to say that Woltersdorf was with the Armored Recon Unit, but cannot be definate. He was not with the Pz Regt, that much I am sure of.

[Jaegerhando]

I want to say that Woltersdorf was with the Armored Recon Unit, but cannot be definate. He was not with the Pz Regt, that much I am sure of.

Gods of War was a huge disappointment for me as it was so philosophical and didn't really give an account of the combat. So be aware of this before you purchase.

And I made a type error. I had meant to say Sadi Schneid not Sasi.