Screams of the Drowning: From the Eastern Front to the Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

by Klaus Willmann

This is the true story of how one soldier experienced the horrors and bloodshed of World War II -- and lived to tell the tale.

Hans Fackler, like many boys his age, was conscripted into the Wehrmacht at the age of seventeen and sent to the Eastern Front. A pioneer in the infantry, he barely survived the carnage of the front lines and lost comrades to the Russian forces.

Eventually, Hans suffered a grievous injury from a grenade explosion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784385980
• ISBN13: 9781784385989
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"