Just came across this listing on eBay...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/soldbuch-/26...item3cc671af54
The book is an obvious fake, but it's not the book itself that makes the listing so funny... It's the story that was made up in the listing.
LOL 
Quite an imagination!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/soldbuch-/26...item3cc671af54
The book is an obvious fake, but it's not the book itself that makes the listing so funny... It's the story that was made up in the listing.
Schütze Hoffmann
Name: Peter Hoffmann
Born: 26 Nov 1899 at Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Civilian Occupation: Hospital Orderly
An only child, Peter was born in the picturesque town of Heidelberg, situated on the river Neckar.
His father Johann was a renown academic who lectured in physics at Heidelberg University. Peter flourished at school, gaining a scholarship to the University, but did not take this up at the time as he was called up for service with the Imperial German Army in December 1917. He completed his military training and was assigned to a reserve infantry regiment in time to take part in the Spring Offensive of 1918. He continued to serve on the Western Front for six months before being taken prisoner one week before the Armistice.
Following his repatriation to Heidelberg in early 1919, Peter was devastated to find that his mother Katarina had died from influenza. His father had also become ill and was unable to work, and so Peter took a job as a teacher at the local school to make ends meet. However, following his experiences in the trenches, Peter had little desire left for his academic studies. Instead he decided to devote his time caring for the sick and became a hospital orderly at St Josef’s hospital. It was here that he met his future wife Isabella, a nurse.
By the mid 1930’s Peter became further disillusioned after many of his father’s former colleagues at the University were forced to emigrate. By the spring of 1938 the family had moved to a modest house in the Kaiserstrasse, near the hospital. Just prior to the outbreak of war, Peter felt that, despite his age, his previous military experience would be of great value to the Fatherland and volunteered for service in the Wehrmacht.
Having volunteered for service, the military board in charge of training deployment looked affectionately at his past military career and offered Peter a rare chance to apply to the Grossdeutschland Division. GD was not one to miss out on experienced professionals and soon had Peter going through basic training at the Herman-Löns-Kaserne, in the Panzertruppen Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung GD at Cottbus. Once completed, Peter’s Ersatz unit Oberleutnant did not lose any time in persuading Peter, based on his obvious teaching abilities a position within the Panzer training barracks to help mentor the steady influx of younger less experienced recruits. For 18 months Peter helped train these young Germanic soldiers ready for the realities of war. However GD suffered appalling losses on the Eastern front and eventually Peter found himself also heading for the front line along with the last Ersatz Aufklärungs Abteilung unit he had helped train.
Name: Peter Hoffmann
Born: 26 Nov 1899 at Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Civilian Occupation: Hospital Orderly
An only child, Peter was born in the picturesque town of Heidelberg, situated on the river Neckar.
His father Johann was a renown academic who lectured in physics at Heidelberg University. Peter flourished at school, gaining a scholarship to the University, but did not take this up at the time as he was called up for service with the Imperial German Army in December 1917. He completed his military training and was assigned to a reserve infantry regiment in time to take part in the Spring Offensive of 1918. He continued to serve on the Western Front for six months before being taken prisoner one week before the Armistice.
Following his repatriation to Heidelberg in early 1919, Peter was devastated to find that his mother Katarina had died from influenza. His father had also become ill and was unable to work, and so Peter took a job as a teacher at the local school to make ends meet. However, following his experiences in the trenches, Peter had little desire left for his academic studies. Instead he decided to devote his time caring for the sick and became a hospital orderly at St Josef’s hospital. It was here that he met his future wife Isabella, a nurse.
By the mid 1930’s Peter became further disillusioned after many of his father’s former colleagues at the University were forced to emigrate. By the spring of 1938 the family had moved to a modest house in the Kaiserstrasse, near the hospital. Just prior to the outbreak of war, Peter felt that, despite his age, his previous military experience would be of great value to the Fatherland and volunteered for service in the Wehrmacht.
Having volunteered for service, the military board in charge of training deployment looked affectionately at his past military career and offered Peter a rare chance to apply to the Grossdeutschland Division. GD was not one to miss out on experienced professionals and soon had Peter going through basic training at the Herman-Löns-Kaserne, in the Panzertruppen Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung GD at Cottbus. Once completed, Peter’s Ersatz unit Oberleutnant did not lose any time in persuading Peter, based on his obvious teaching abilities a position within the Panzer training barracks to help mentor the steady influx of younger less experienced recruits. For 18 months Peter helped train these young Germanic soldiers ready for the realities of war. However GD suffered appalling losses on the Eastern front and eventually Peter found himself also heading for the front line along with the last Ersatz Aufklärungs Abteilung unit he had helped train.
Quite an imagination!
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