An East Prussian Soldier's Memoir of Combat and Captivity on the Eastern Front
by
Hans Thiel, Ivan Fehrenbach
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2007
On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army. His new draft called into service all remaining able-bodied men, including those whose civilian labor had previously been deemed indispensable. Among the latter was an East Prussian...