Fur Volk and Fuhrer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st Ss Panzer Division Leibstandarte Ss Adolf Hitler available on November 11 2023 from BiggerBooks for 46.31
Fur Volk und Fuhrer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler available on February 20 2017 from Amazon for 19.29
ISBN bar code 9781909384538 ξ2 registered November 11 2023
ISBN bar code 9781909384538 ξ1 registered July 17 2018
ISBN bar code 9781909384538 ξ3 registered February 20 2017
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, a training unit based close to the eastern section of the Berliner Ring Autobahn. When the Red Army launched its massive assault on the Seelow Heights, Erwin's unit, now incorporated into Regiment Falke, was deployed to the southern flank of the Berlin-Frankfurt Autobahn, close to the River Oder. The German defenses soon crumbled and with the end of the Reich inevitable, Erwin was forced to choose between a struggle for personal survival and the fulfillment of his SS oath of 'loyalty unto death’. 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.REVIEWS “This is a valuable memoir, providing both a good account of the nature of the fighting in the East, and the changing attitudes of the author, both towards the Nazi regime and the chances of final victory.” History of War
^Fur Volk and Fuhrer : The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler by Erwin Bartmann (2013, Hardcover)ISBN 9781909384538 (revised Aug 2021)
^ (2015). Fur Volk and Fuhrer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st Ss Panzer Division Leibstandarte Ss Adolf HitlerBiggerBooks. ISBN 9781909384538 (revised Nov 2023)
^Erwin BartmannFur Volk und Fuhrer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Helion And Company. Amazon. ISBN 9781909384538 (revised Feb 2017)
Have read many personal accounts of war on the Eastern Front,and this is,without doubt,one of the very best. Excellent writing style,draws you in right from the beginning,and just doesn't let go,until you have finished. If you have even a passing interest in personal stories from the Eastern Front,don't hesitate on this one.A unique perspective from a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler's 1st SS Panzer Division,Erwin Bartmann's story stayed with me, long af..
