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Just a few years before his death, the aged retired Austrian infantry general Erwin Jetzl recorded his experiences as a young officer of the Wehrmacht in the cauldron of Stalingrad in 1942/43 as an audio document. There are several audio documents in which survivors report on this terrible battle, but Jetzl's recording is actually unique.
The known audio documents are mostly interviews in which the interviewees give insights into events in a limited time frame and from their immediate environment. Most of these interviews were recorded only recently, when none of the few surviving commanders - from battalion commanders upwards - of the units deployed in the cauldron of Stalingrad were still alive. Only lower ranks were or could be questioned, who, due to their positions, could only survey the area down to company level. By contrast, Captain Erwin Jetzl, who became a major in January 1943, was used as battalion commander, regimental adjutant, representative of the 1st General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 113th Infantry Division and regimental commander of Grenadier Regiment 268 during the period in question, i.e. from September 1942 to February 1943. Due to his service positions, he naturally had access to completely different information, which gave him an overview of the situation that subordinate officers or non-commissioned officers naturally could not have. Thus he reported from the level of regiments or divisions and knew the exact situation in which the 6th Army found itself, since he was also present at meetings with commanding generals as well as with Colonel General Paulus. In addition, his report extends not only over a few minutes, but over almost nine hours, and covers the entire period of this cruel battle from its beginning to its bitter demise. For these reasons, Jetzl's records are unparalleled. The book contains the transcript of this unique audio document.
The known audio documents are mostly interviews in which the interviewees give insights into events in a limited time frame and from their immediate environment. Most of these interviews were recorded only recently, when none of the few surviving commanders - from battalion commanders upwards - of the units deployed in the cauldron of Stalingrad were still alive. Only lower ranks were or could be questioned, who, due to their positions, could only survey the area down to company level. By contrast, Captain Erwin Jetzl, who became a major in January 1943, was used as battalion commander, regimental adjutant, representative of the 1st General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 113th Infantry Division and regimental commander of Grenadier Regiment 268 during the period in question, i.e. from September 1942 to February 1943. Due to his service positions, he naturally had access to completely different information, which gave him an overview of the situation that subordinate officers or non-commissioned officers naturally could not have. Thus he reported from the level of regiments or divisions and knew the exact situation in which the 6th Army found itself, since he was also present at meetings with commanding generals as well as with Colonel General Paulus. In addition, his report extends not only over a few minutes, but over almost nine hours, and covers the entire period of this cruel battle from its beginning to its bitter demise. For these reasons, Jetzl's records are unparalleled. The book contains the transcript of this unique audio document.
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- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Scherzer, Veit (Hrsg.)
- Title
- Stalingrad war der Anfang vom Ende der Moral der Armee. Erwin Jetzl. Erinnerungen an meine Erlebnisse in Stalingrad
- Details
- Numerous bw and occasional colour photos, occasional colour maps. 224 pp.
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