In the Fire of the Eastern Front The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-45
by Verton, Hendrick C.,Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-26
Publisher(s): Stackpole Books
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Summary
Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought on the Eastern Front until the end of the war as a member of the 5th SS Panzer Division and SS Regiment Besslein.
Author Biography
Hendrick C. Verton lives in the Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Prologue | p. xi |
| Where From? | p. 1 |
| The First World War and Fragments from Versailles | p. 4 |
| Political Revolution | p. 10 |
| War in Sight? | p. 15 |
| War | p. 21 |
| The War in the West | p. 28 |
| The European Volunteers | p. 41 |
| My Training in the Waffen SS | p. 46 |
| Solstice in the East | p. 57 |
| On the Eastern Front | p. 61 |
| War in Winter | p. 70 |
| In Hospital | p. 102 |
| A New Apprenticeship | p. 107 |
| East Prussia | p. 112 |
| Silesia | p. 116 |
| Festung Breslau | p. 139 |
| The Last Battle | p. 161 |
| Capitulation and Captivity | p. 181 |
| Illegally in Poland | p. 205 |
| In the Eastern Zone | p. 222 |
| In the Western Zone | p. 239 |
| Constructing an Existence | p. 248 |
| Comradeship for Life | p. 254 |
| Epilogue | p. 262 |
| Bibliography | p. 263 |
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