Condemned to Live: A Panzer Artilleryman's Five-Front War

by Franz A.P. Frisch

200pp - Illustrated - Maps - Biblio - Index

Genres: Military Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Teckla · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting viewpoint of WW2 by a german soldier who served nine years in the german army because he had been drafted. I learned that not all german soldiers were nazis which is what I have always assumed. I don't think it really entered my mind that maybe there were some german soldiers who did not believe in Hitler but had no choice but to fight or face a death sentence for refusing to do so. This was an interesting book. It has alot of photos of daily german army life during the war.It's not often you find a book about the german soldier who fought in WW2.

[Rob Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a magnificent book. It chronicles the 7 years of a German private from 1939 through 1947. His observations about Nazi Germany, the war, and human kind are clear and compelling. This is not a book about the glories of war, but rather the survival of war. No grand strategies, but keeping your head down, slogging on, and surviving. How to endure the unendurable. He also has a message for today about the cost of the loss of freedoms. Hard to find book, so you may have to find it via inter-library loan.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent; I just wish he would have elaborated more on some things.

[David Levine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gripping autobiography.