The Good Soldier: From Austrian Social Democracy to Communist Captivity with a Soldier of Panzer-Grenadier Division "Grossdeutschland"The Good Soldier is an insightful and revealing memoir of the son of a staunch Austrian Social Democrat family who served in Panzer Grenadier Division 'Grossdeutschland' during some of its most momentous battles, and survived four years of Soviet captivity. Panzer Grenadier Division 'Grossdeutschland' was one of Germany's premier fighting units on the Eastern Front up until the very end of the war - Alfred Novotny became a veteran soldier of this formation, being captured by the Red Army in 1945. The Good Soldier is his own account of his wartime service in this elite unit. |
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