Who were the deserters from the Wehrmacht? Were they heroes or cowards? By deserting, did they contribute to the resistance against National Socialism and set an example against the war? How were they perceived by their comrades, by their superiors and by the Wehrmacht lawyers sitting in judgement on them?
To answer these questions, Stefan Kurt Treiber examined several thousand files of Wehrmacht justice; he focused on the campaign against the Soviet Union from 1941 to the end of the Second World War. For his study, he created a hitherto unique social profile of almost 1000 deserters. In it, he traces the biographies of the deserters and deals with the circumstances of their escape, their motives and chances of survival. Volume 13 of the series "War and Conflict".
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Treiber, Stefan K.
Title
Helden oder Feiglinge? Deserteure der Wehrmacht im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Details
Numerous tables. 343 pp.
State
new
Campus Verlag GmbH Kurfürstenstr. 49 60486 Frankfurt Deutschland
