4.2
Biografier
Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. Tall, blond, blue-eyed, and just seventeen-years-old, Erwin fulfilled his dream on Mayday 1941, when he gave up his apprenticeship at the Glaser bakery in Memeler Strasse and walked into the Lichterfelde barracks in Berlin as a raw, volunteer recruit.
On arrival at the Eastern Front in late summer 1941, Erwin was assigned to a frontline communications squad attached to 4.Kompanie and soon discovered that survival was a matter of luck-or the protection of a guardian angel. Good fortune finally deserted Erwin on 11 July 1943 when shrapnel sizzled through his lung during the epic Battle of Kursk-Prokhorovka. Following a period of recovery, and promotion to Unterscharführer, Erwin took up a post as machine-gun instructor with the Ausbildung und Ersatz Bataillon.
From the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front to a bomb-shattered Berlin populated largely by old men and demoralized lonely women, this candid eyewitness account offers a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer.
© 2017 Tantor Media, Inc. (Ljudbok): 9781541471986
Översättare: Derik Hammond
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 11 april 2017
4.2
Biografier
Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. Tall, blond, blue-eyed, and just seventeen-years-old, Erwin fulfilled his dream on Mayday 1941, when he gave up his apprenticeship at the Glaser bakery in Memeler Strasse and walked into the Lichterfelde barracks in Berlin as a raw, volunteer recruit.
On arrival at the Eastern Front in late summer 1941, Erwin was assigned to a frontline communications squad attached to 4.Kompanie and soon discovered that survival was a matter of luck-or the protection of a guardian angel. Good fortune finally deserted Erwin on 11 July 1943 when shrapnel sizzled through his lung during the epic Battle of Kursk-Prokhorovka. Following a period of recovery, and promotion to Unterscharführer, Erwin took up a post as machine-gun instructor with the Ausbildung und Ersatz Bataillon.
From the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front to a bomb-shattered Berlin populated largely by old men and demoralized lonely women, this candid eyewitness account offers a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer.
© 2017 Tantor Media, Inc. (Ljudbok): 9781541471986
Översättare: Derik Hammond
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 11 april 2017
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19 maj 2021
Alla som läser detta är antagligen redan intresserade krig -och andra världskriget. Men det vore bra för de flesta att ta del av denna typ av berättelser.Vinnarna skriver ju som sagt historien. Och dom ryska "vinnarna" har tyvärr fått vinkla historien lite väl mycket..
null
23 nov. 2020
Svårt med engelska uppläsare som inte vill lära sig tyskt uttal
Berndt
16 nov. 2020
Fängslande
Kiki
24 sep. 2020
Intressant och lärorik
Elena
7 sep. 2022
Väldigt spännande att få personlig memoarer från en orginalkölla från kriget. Dock skulle jag rekommendera att ta boken med en nypa salt, då Bartmann inte bara skönmålar sig själv utan också sin ökända division. Medans förintelsen läggs i bakgrunden blir Ryssarnas alla krigsbrott ett centralt element.
Anders
24 feb. 2023
Stories of war
Andreas
28 aug. 2022
Well worth listening to.
Tomas
10 aug. 2022
Skriver en 88-åring så utförligt om sina erotiska eskapader under andra världskriget? Delar av boken verkar skriven av någon som fyllt i luckor med sin livliga fantasi. Andra delar känns tillrättalagda och man kan ana att en hel del har uteslutits.
Thomas
15 mars 2021
Tankeväckande och kuslig om krigets fasa.
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