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.

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