The Dying Days of the Third Reich: German Accounts from World War II

First-hand accounts from the last days of the Third Reich: these are honest and striking accounts from the front line. The defeat of the Third Reich is best told through the authentic voices of those who fought on the front line. This collection includes the stories of German soldiers fighting the Red Army on the Eastern Front. It includes those of Horst Messer, who served on the last East Prussian panzer tank but was captured and spent 4 years in Russian captivity at Riga; Hans Obermeier, who recounts service with Eastern Front training units, capture on the Czech front and escape from Siberia; an anonymous Wehrmacht soldier in Slovakia given orders to execute Russian prisoners. AUTHOR: Christian Huber was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany, in 1964. He has worked journalist for twenty years and has published numerous accounts from the Second World War. He fulfilled his military service at the Luftwaffe Officers’ School, leaving in the rank of Captain (Reserve). He is the publisher of a weekly newspaper for south-east Bavaria. SELLING POINTS: . Eyewitness accounts never published in English before . Dramatic memories of war on the Eastern Front: Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia and Germany . German stories illustrated with never-before- published photos . Ten accounts providing key insights into fighting capture and escape.