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. (Lydbog): 9781541471986
Oversættere: Derik Hammond
Release date
Lydbog: 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. (Lydbog): 9781541471986
Oversættere: Derik Hammond
Release date
Lydbog: 11. april 2017
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Rune
6. jun. 2021
Interessant men fortæller primært om SS’ gode sider og andres dårlige sider. Han udelader vist en del.
Anders
7. apr. 2022
Forbløffende afhængighedskabende, selvom nogle tyske ord IKKE egner sig til engelsk
Rikke
11. sep. 2020
En god bog, nok lidt farvet men stadig god læsning
Leif
21. aug. 2022
Spændende og informativ. Beskrivelsen af overlevelseskampen til sidst i Tyskland fandt jeg specielt interessant. Men: Forfatteren citerer Eobert Burns: "None ever feared that the truth should be heard, but them that the truth would indict." Og i sin egen beskrivelse er han en ordentlig person, der ikke var medvirkende til forbrydelser. Men svært at tro at hans SS Lebenstandart kompagni gennem flere år i Rusland ikke skulle have været involveret i forbrydelser. Og at han ikke selv var. Og under alle omstændigheder savner jeg at han havde gjort sig flere tanker om det.
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