The field post letters of Eduard Klein, a military doctor with the Wehrmacht's 35th Infantry Division, provide insightful glimpses into the war of annihilation that Germany waged against the Soviet Union. They differ from many other field post publications in their descriptions from close to the front lines and Klein's firm belief in National Socialism, which he repeatedly expresses. The letters were written during the advance on Moscow and the first German retreat in the winter of 1942. By contextualizing them with other sources, David Wildermuth succeeds in placing these documents in their geographical, military, and historical context and also contrasting them with the perspective of the victims. The result is a detailed picture of a man who often describes the war of extermination with astonishing and unsparing honesty and sometimes conspiratorially conceals itbut always shaped by Nazi ideology.
Author
Wildermuth, David (Hrsg.)
Title
"Als Nationalsozialist und Frontsoldat"
Details
200 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
Die Feldpostbriefe des Truppenarztes Eduard Klein aus dem Vernichtungskrieg im Osten 1941/42
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