memoirs of a German soldier

[Terry OToole]

new book released in the US BY Albin Grega , anyone read it yet?

[k9mike]

Terry, I cant find any info on this...Do you have a link or something?

[book lover]

I searched for an hour with no luck.
Any more info on this title?

[Terry OToole]

right guys more info , I bought it from 00dals_uk on ebay , its a paperback printed in the US --delivery april! £12.43 hope this helps

[Terry OToole]

sorry its "memoir of a German soldier" Albin Greger , I spelt his name wrong its available from amazon etc

[k9mike]

Thanks Terry...See that its available at Amazon, good price. Its a paper back...might get it...will wait to see what you think...
Thanks,
Mike

[Herr Lyppe]

Thanks Terry! Interested to hear what you think of it.

[FreeRange]

Yes! Thanks for mentioning it. I ordered a copy.

I am also still reading Russian Asphalt.

Trying to get a sense of what my Dad might have experienced (in some form).

[Terry OToole]

Thanks Terry...See that its available at Amazon, good price. Its a paper back...might get it...will wait to see what you think...
Thanks,
Mike

hi Mike will be a little while til I get to it , I m in the middle of "a history of the crusades" at the moment

[k9mike]

hi Mike will be a little while til I get to it , I m in the middle of "a history of the crusades" at the moment

No Prob Terry... I am waiting on a neat one that had referenced in an earlier thread....will post on that one when get done as well...
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=791177
This was a hard one to find at good price...
Mike

[Terry OToole]

ok here is my own personal take on this book.Dealing with an often overlooked area of ww2 ie German-Slovakians this is an honest account of the beginning of the end for the historic Germanic population of the puppet state Slovakia ,atrocities by partisans ,enrolment into the Slovakian home guard.Finally enlistment into the Hohenstaufen ss division on the German eastern front in march april 45
There are no personal details of battle in this book other than being under fire , though the author hints that he has had battle experience (maybe he omitted this because it was written for his family) but there are lots of details of an ordinary soldier in a beaten dissolving army and state .The editing is a bit iffy in places , some paragraphs are repeated , spellings and some details are confusing but all in all an honest account of this mans last days of the war

[FreeRange]

Just finished this book. I agree with Terry regarding the editing, but it didn't detract from the content.

Easy to read. And it was what I was looking for...the day - day living vs the army living, if you know what I mean.

Worthwhile.