Goodbye, Transylvania: A Romanian Waffen-SS Soldier in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series)

Rare memoir of a foreigner serving with the Germans on the Eastern Front. Firsthand descriptions of combat at the siege of Budapest and the final battle for Berlin in 1945 Insights into what motivated soldiers to fight for Nazi Germany Copies of the out-of-print original edition are highly prized About the Author Sigmund Heinz Landau was born in Transylvania in 1920. After the war Landau moved to England, where he died in 1998. http://www.stackpolebooks.com/book/9780811715829 Rare Memoir Of A Foreigner Serving With The Germans On The Eastern Front. Firsthand Descriptions Of Combat At The Siege Of Budapest And The Final Battle For Berlin In 1945. Insights Into What Motivated Soldiers To Fight For Nazi Germany--from Publisher's Website. Foreword -- Short Introduction To Transylvania -- My Beloved Kronstadt -- My Youth -- Indoctrination On The Eastern Front -- Holland And The Gestapo -- Russia Again -- Best Forgotten -- Rediscovering My Unit! -- Leave! -- Mission -- Save Or Destroy! -- Treachery -- Eastern Front Retreat -- The Western Front -- Heading East Again! -- Last Of The Mohicans? -- Prisoner Of War -- Freedom! -- Goodbye, Transylvania -- Epilogue. Sigmund Heinz Landau. Originally Published: Derby, England : Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, 1985. Foreword Chapter 1: My Beloved Kronstadt Chapter 2: My Youth Chapter 3: Indoctrination on the Eastern Front Chapter 4: Holland and the Gestapo Chapter 5: Russia Again Chapter 6: Best Forgotten Chapter 7: Rediscovering My Unit! Chapter 8: Leave! Chapter 9: Mission—Save or Destroy! Chapter 10: Treachery Chapter 11: Eastern Front Retreat Chapter 12: The Western Front Chapter 13: Heading East Again! Chapter 14: “Last of the Mohicans?” Chapter 15: Prisoner of War Chapter 16: Freedom! Chapter 17: “Goodbye, Transylvania” Epilogue Acknowledgments This rare memoir is the gripping account of a foreigner who served with the Germans on the Eastern Front and provides a vivid, firsthand description of World War II combat. Sigmund Heinz Landau, a Romanian fighting with the Waffen SS, was a participant at the siege of Budapest and the final battle for Berlin in 1945.