В огне Восточного фронта. Воспоминания добровольца войск СС

by Hendrik Verton

Russian Book. Iauza - press; , M. 448. 2008. Hardcover.

Genres: Military Fiction, War, World War II, History, Autobiography, Military History

448 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2006

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the Fire of the Eastern Front: The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-45 was disappointing. The editing was beyond bad, some of which may have been the translation to English which seemed perhaps one step above a web translator, and there were many spelling errors. The author is in love with cliches. On one page there were five cliches used - it was so over used it became distracting.

The author is a Nazi apologist. There were some interesting insites at the beginning of the book where Hendrik Verton presented an interesting perspective on the reasons for Germany to go to war. Much of the rest of Mr. Verton's reasoning and critique of the treatment of both the German populace and military members at the end of the war by the Soviets should not have been a surprise to him - especially in light of so much of the resent research done as to how prevalent the mistreatment of the Polish and Soviet populace by not only the Waffen SS, but also the Wehrmacht forces. In addition, there are outright inaccuracies. As an example, Mr. Verton states the Waffen SS was not armed any better than their Wehrmacht counterparts.

Although I'm critical of the book overall a few gems - Mr. Verton's experience defending Breslau was written with some depth of experience and at times moving; Mr. Verton's discussion of Germany's military veteran's post war was also insightful and a rare glimpse into their lives after the war.

[Singleton Mosby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read but I can't shake off the feeling this man is a traitor to his country because of the way he writes about it, his sympathy for the nazis and his viewpoints.

[Joseph Saunders · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad

Revisionist propaganda for the budding neo-nazi. Had the value only as an example of how rotten this stuff can be

[jim bowen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Waffen SS Soldiers View of WWII..

Tenious at times, but interesting too. A very slick soldier who made his luck many times over. Married a gorgeous lady as well…Lucky *******!

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was pretty excited when I found this book. There aren't many books by former Waffen-SS volunteers, so I thought it'd be pretty interesting. Boy, was I wrong! There's a little bit of quality material in here. The photos and sketches from the author's personal collection are a nice touch, and SOME of the combat narratives are pretty good, but they're buried under A LOT of Far-Right political BS. I guess you could get some value from understanding the political perspective a little better? Maybe? Still, this whole book needs to be read with a large grain of salt, and the author's whining about the "persecution" of his collaborationist family gets pretty tiring.