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TOPIC: German soldier memoirs

Submitted by Kelley Parke 14:35 on 22 May 2006

I am searching for the titles of the earliest (pre-1960) German soldier memoirs (or similar works written from the German perspective) that were available in the US in English. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Submitted by Matthew Medeiros 18:39 on 26 March 2008

Here are several, The Invisible Flag by Peter Bamm The Black March by Peter Neumann I Survived by Godfrey Lias In Their Shallow Graves by Benno Zieser Devil On My Shoulder by Hans Becker Diary of a German Soldier by Wilhelm Pruller The Outermost Frontier by Helmut Pabst Dance of Death by Erich Kern Daedalus Returned by Baron von der Heydte Doctor at Stalingrad by Hans Dibold I Deserted Rommel by Gunther Bahnemann So, We Bombed Moscow Alone by Heinz Gruber As a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union by Dietrich Putter Moscow Tramstop by Dr. Heinrich Haape Most of the books above were originally published 1960 or before with a few in the 1961-1963 range. Several have been reprinted and can be found as much newer editions. Original editions of the above books can be very expensive.

Submitted by Maury Hirschkorn 19:59 on 21 April 2009

You left out my favorite book entitled, "Enemies Are Human" by Reinhold Pabel. (Published in 1955) It is the memoir of a German soldier who fought on the Russian Front, was captured in Italy, escaped from a POW camp in Illinois in 1945, owned a Chicago bookstore, got married, and was caught by the FBI in 1953.

Submitted by Kevin Sweeting 17:59 on 18 May 2012

Wow. What a great list of WW2 books featuring soldiers fighting in the east. I went through the complete list and now 7 of them are in my basket on AMAZON and ABE book account. I have purchased around 300 books in the last 3 years mostly about WW2 and if you want my recommendations just ask.