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"From the closing days of World War II through three years of postwar captivity, this memoir details the experiences of Hans Thiel. Beginning with the realities of agrarian life during World War II, it then describes Thiel's conscription, his combat experiences, and his life as a postwar prisoner, held first by the Red Army and then transferred to camps under Polish control. The atrocities these prisoners suffered at the hands of their captors - as retaliation for German military war crimes - are discussed in detail."--BOOK JACKET.Thiel, Hans is the author of 'Wolves of World War II An East Prussian Soldier's Memoir of Combat and Captivity on the Eastern Front', published 2007 under ISBN 9780786429714 and ISBN 0786429712.
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