Heavy battles on the Eastern Front

Erwin Bartman"s memoirs are a frank story by a German soldier about his participation in the Second World War as part of the regiment, later the Leibstandart division. Possessing an undoubted literary gift, the author lively and vividly describes how hard selection passed, after which he enthusiastically joined the ranks of the recruits, how the training went on, about the progress of the battles and the details of front -line life. Kherson, Mariupol, Taganrog, Rostov on the Don, then transferring to Normandy and again the Eastern Front - battles in Kharkov, under Prokhorovka, the last battles near Berlin and a prisoner of war camp - this is the geography of Erwin Bartman’s military roads. The former soldier admits that his leaders committed monstrous crimes against humanity, however, summing up his life, he proudly recalls the path traveled and does not regret his choice or actions