Wednesday, 18 April 1945: American troops are at the gates of the town of Ansbach, administrative capital of Central Franconia. The Nazi District Leader has fled during the night, most German soldiers have been moved to the south, the citizens have been camped out in air-raid shelters for days. Any rational thinking signals surrender. But the military commandant of the town, Dr. Ernst Meyer - a fifty-year-old colonel of the Luftwaffe, with a doctorate in physics - is a fanatical Nazi, insistent on fighting to the end. A nineteen-year-old theology student, unfit for military service, Robert Limpert, decides to act, to prevent his town being destroyed in a senseless last-ditch battle.
- From The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw
4 comments:
Just finished watching a German made tv miniseries titled "Generation War". Reviews have named it the German "Band of Brothers" and I could see why. Told from the German perspective from the beginning of the war to the end and the destruction of Germany, it follows five friends during those years. Runs about 4+ hours total - very much worth a viewing... - J.
Jeff,
Thanks for the tip. I had not heard of that series. It sounds very interesting. I'll check it out.
Michael
Available on DVD...at your local library... :) - J.
Jeff,
Thanks!
Michael
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