Balkan nightmare
Subtitle: a Transylvanian Saxon in World War II
By: Anna M. Wittmann ; as told by Friedrich (Fred) Umbrich.
Contributors: Umbrich, Friedrich, 1925-
Series: East European monographs ;; no. 561
Publisher: East European Monographs; Distributed by Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boulder; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Umbrich, Friedrich, 1925-; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romanian.
Genres: Personal narratives, Romanian.
Description: "In this biographical account, Wittman chronicles the wartime journey of a young Romanian Waffen-SS conscript. Wittman follows his struggle through some of the most ferocious theatres of World War II up to the day of Germany's unconditional surrender, only to find that the young Romanian's Balkan nightmare had only begun. The soldier continues to suffer through a high-security internment camp in Italy and experience further hunger and alienation in the post-war chaos of West Germany.

Offering a cultural study of Saxon life during World War II as well as a unique view of the conflict through the eyes of a Waffen-SS conscript, Wittman has managed to appeal to the military historian and general reader alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342).