As a 15-year-old boy I fought briefly in a war. My fight was neither noble nor heroic. I saw the horrors that no 15-year-old boy should ever see. I came into war purely by happenstance, and survived it purely by luck. Gerhardt B. Thamm grew up on his grandfathers farm in Lower Silesia, the hinterlands of Germany. In early 1945 this land, near the Czechoslovakian and Polish borders, became a battleground. The Soviets captured Lower Silesia in February, and Thamm, like many of his Hitler Youth high school classmates, was ...
Read More
As a 15-year-old boy I fought briefly in a war. My fight was neither noble nor heroic. I saw the horrors that no 15-year-old boy should ever see. I came into war purely by happenstance, and survived it purely by luck. Gerhardt B. Thamm grew up on his grandfathers farm in Lower Silesia, the hinterlands of Germany. In early 1945 this land, near the Czechoslovakian and Polish borders, became a battleground. The Soviets captured Lower Silesia in February, and Thamm, like many of his Hitler Youth high school classmates, was conscripted to fight on the Eastern Front until the last few days of World War II, experiencing firsthand fearsome barbarity and atrocity. Thamms family was deported from Silesia in 1946 to West Germany. Gerhardt Thamm arrived in the United States in 1948. The 17-year-old Thamm joined the U.S. Army the same year and served more than 20 years as an enlisted man.
Read Less
Add this copy of Boy Soldier: a German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight to cart. $18.63, very good condition, Sold by Rosario Beach Rare Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lake Stevens, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by McFarland & Company.
Add this copy of Boy Soldier: a German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight to cart. $20.00, new condition, Sold by Chequered Past rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Jacksonville Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by McFarland Publishing.
Add this copy of Boy Soldier: A German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight to cart. $22.80, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2007 by McFarland & Company.
Add this copy of Boy Soldier: a German Teenager at the Nazi Twilight to cart. $48.50, very good condition, Sold by Kisselburg Military Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Potomac, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by McFarland.