Rudolf A Zimmer: 2 books

Dear Hanna—A biography of pacifist Martin J. Zimmer based on letters from the Eastern Front during WW II by Rudolf Alois Zimmer, is a rare eyewitness account of the plight of both civilians and soldiers affected by the military operations in the mud and freezing temperatures of the Eastern Front...

Dear Martl is based on Hanna’s journal and on letters she wrote to her husband, Martl, on the Eastern Front during World War II. While in Dear Hanna we see through Martl’s eyes the experience of a man who has been forced to participate in a treacherous odyssey through many countries, we see in...