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Adventures in My Youth

A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45

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Adventures in My Youth

By: Armin Scheiderbauer
Narrated by: James A. Gillies
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The author could be described as a veteran in every sense of the word, even though he was only age 21 when the war ended. Armin Scheiderbauer served as an infantry officer with the 252nd Infantry Division, German army, and saw four years of bitter combat on the Eastern Front, being wounded six times.

This is an outstanding personal memoir, written with great thoughtfulness and honesty. Scheiderbauer joined his unit during the winter of 1941-42 and, during the following years, saw fierce combat in many of the largest battles on the Eastern Front. His experiences of the 1943-45 period are particularly noteworthy, including his recollections of the massive Soviet offensives of summer 1944 and January 1945. Participating in the bitter battles in East Prussia, he was captured by the Soviets and not released until 1947.

Adventures in My Youth is a unique memoir - the author originally wrote it only for his daughter. It has never been published in any language until now.

©2003 Helion and Company (P)2017 Tantor Military Military & War World War II War Soviet Union Memoir Eastern Germans
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needs to translate German passages to English. part of what is good is lost because of confusion.

Interesting story

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The young soldiers account of his war experiences and captivity are related objectively and almost without emotion... The story held my interest throughout, and the reader was often excited by the content.

Compelling account

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I want to read the rest of his story now. This was well written and there are many humbling things to consider when reading this account.

Truly Amazing Story

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As an autobiography this is a fascinating account of an individual officer's service in the German army on the Eastern Front.
Although at times, particularly in the first half of the book, the author regurgitates some dry stats and large quotes from other books, his account of the last year of the war is particularly interesting.
Worth pushing past the dry bits.

Interesting if at times dry read

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Great story and perspective from a different world view! Thanks for the insight! Not often you hear about the common officer ranks experiences!

Kept me hooked!

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