I had to purchase this book from Australia (where it is published) Its the story of a well off family who helped jews escape and voiced their opposition to the Nazi government (bravely or stupidly ?) The author Hans Roland was born in 1931 and describes his childhood and family disasters under the Nazi s , it has to be said that his mother and some other members of his family where just as bad ! That said , this is an interesting memoir full of interesting insights of the times , Hans ends up in an ss trained special formation of boys and sees action on the eastern front , his adventures towards the end of the war are incredible and pull no punches on the atrocities he witnessed from both sides.Its unusual to read such a frank account from which the author describes his own participation in executions in the madness that was the end ,a good unusual read this
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Sounds interesting & worth reading ! Tom -
Hi Terry, Where in Australia did you order this from?
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hi Allan , I got it off abebooks from a seller in mylor,sa Australia, The unit of boys Roland belonged to was inspected by Martin Bormann at Walderbach and led by --- SS Oberscharfuhrer Adam Albrecht(first commanding officer) ,ss Hauptsturmfuhrer Count Von Schmettow(second commander, ss Oberfuhrer Gunther Von Buhlow (commander at the front) and final commander SS Sturmbannfuhrer Konrad Berger,the unit was destroyed in the defence of Berlin ,though Roland had deserted before thisOriginally posted by Herr Lyppe View PostComment
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better add this , printed by Pascoe Publishing Pty, Ltd,PO box 42 Apollo Bay 3233 ,in 1993, isbn 0947087281
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