This volume reproduces the memoirs of a 17-year-old Waffen-SS volunteer who was born in October 1927 and conscripted into the Waffen-SS in October 1944. Manfred Diener first received his basic training in the 6th /SS Panzer Grenadier Training and Replacement Battalion 3 and joined the Divisional Security Company of the 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" in Hungary in January 1945. Here he took part in the difficult and costly retreat battles to Austria.
First taken prisoner of war in the USA, he was extradited to the USSR with subsequent imprisonment until the beginning of 1950. Returning to the territory of the GDR, Diener finally found employment in the chemical industry and, as a pensioner, was able to re-establish contact with former comrades living in West Germany after reunification.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Diener, Manfred
Title
7 Monate Waffen-SS - 58 Monate "Wojna Plenni"
Details
Numerous illustrations, maps. 125 pp.
State
new
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