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    2 more memoirs written in the 50 s

    just finished"in their shallow graves" (printed in the US as "the road to stalingrad") by benno zieser , the story of him and his comrades volunteering to join the army then their experiences in Russia , excellent read , next up "devil on my shoulder" by hans becker, a sergeant again on the eastern front ,the first quarter covers his fighting experiences , then his capture , escape then captured again he recounts his experiences in russian pow camps , full of interesting snippets for instance i didn t know the russians used italian pows (armed ) to guard German pows !
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    Originally posted by Terry OToole View Post
    just finished"in their shallow graves" (printed in the US as "the road to stalingrad") by benno zieser , the story of him and his comrades volunteering to join the army then their experiences in Russia , excellent read , next up "devil on my shoulder" by hans becker, a sergeant again on the eastern front ,the first quarter covers his fighting experiences , then his capture , escape then captured again he recounts his experiences in russian pow camps , full of interesting snippets for instance i didn t know the russians used italian pows (armed ) to guard German pows !
    Thanks for the heads up I read Zieser's memoir in 2008, but never knew of Becker's. Very sad to see former allies being forced to fight each other, but then again the Italians were more of a liability than an ally and turned out to be false friends as well. And the Russians ughhhh. Where shall I begin?!

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      Originally posted by Sathukles View Post
      Thanks for the heads up I read Zieser's memoir in 2008, but never knew of Becker's. Very sad to see former allies being forced to fight each other, but then again the Italians were more of a liability than an ally and turned out to be false friends as well. And the Russians ughhhh. Where shall I begin?!
      a lot of the abuse was meted out by turncoat Germans , though it seems they got their just deserts eventually after they were replaced by Russian soldiers and demoted to the pow ranks again !

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        Originally posted by Terry OToole View Post
        a lot of the abuse was meted out by turncoat Germans , though it seems they got their just deserts eventually after they were replaced by Russian soldiers and demoted to the pow ranks again !
        Even sadder to hear. Never heard this before. How terrible. So much for kameradenschaft. Wow.

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