Für Volk and Führer
Subtitle: the memoir of a veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
By: Erwin Bartmann ; translated and edited by Derik Hammond
Contributors: Hammond, Derik
Publisher: Helion & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781909384538
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers; Waffen-SS; German Personal narratives; Regimental histories; Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1.; Biography
Description: 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. 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.
Notes: Translated from an unpublished German manuscript.

Includes bibliographical references.