In the Fire of the Eastern Front The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-45

by Verton, Hendrick C.,

• ISBN13: 9780811735896
• ISBN10: 0811735893
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-26
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought on the Eastern Front until the end of the war as a member of the 5th SS Panzer Division and SS Regiment Besslein.

Author Biography

Hendrick C. Verton lives in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Prologue	p. xi
Where From?	p. 1
The First World War and Fragments from Versailles	p. 4
Political Revolution	p. 10
War in Sight?	p. 15
War	p. 21
The War in the West	p. 28
The European Volunteers	p. 41
My Training in the Waffen SS	p. 46
Solstice in the East	p. 57
On the Eastern Front	p. 61
War in Winter	p. 70
In Hospital	p. 102
A New Apprenticeship	p. 107
East Prussia	p. 112
Silesia	p. 116
Festung Breslau	p. 139
The Last Battle	p. 161
Capitulation and Captivity	p. 181
Illegally in Poland	p. 205
In the Eastern Zone	p. 222
In the Western Zone	p. 239
Constructing an Existence	p. 248
Comradeship for Life	p. 254
Epilogue	p. 262
Bibliography	p. 263
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