{"product_id":"han-man","title":"Han-man","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a teenage frontline medic\u003cbr\u003e\nin the German Air Force and \u003cbr\u003e\nas a prisoner of war, this book\u003cbr\u003e\nof recollections by Han-man \u003cbr\u003e\nwill take the reader back to \u003cbr\u003e\nthe chaotic times of GermanyÕs\u003cbr\u003e\ntotal defeat at the end of the\u003cbr\u003e\nSecond World War.  It is also\u003cbr\u003e\na book full of fascinating and\u003cbr\u003e\nsometimes amusing anecdotes\u003cbr\u003e\nand revelations.Ê\u003cbr\u003e\nThe story begins, early in 1945, with the firebombing \u003cbr\u003e\nof his hometown Magdeburg.  Afterwards, he was sent\u003cbr\u003e\nat the age of 18, to the front lines to assist a surgeon\u003cbr\u003e\nwho never showed up.\u003cbr\u003e\nWounded and captured by Soviet military forces, \u003cbr\u003e\nhe was forced into walking endless exhausting miles\u003cbr\u003e\nleading to the gates of Auschwitz to become a starving\u003cbr\u003e\nprisoner of war. \u003cbr\u003e\nReleased, Han-man returned home only to find himself\u003cbr\u003e\na prisoner again, this time confined by what \u003cbr\u003e\nWinston Churchill called ÒThe Iron CurtainÓ in the then\u003cbr\u003e\nSoviet occupied regions of East Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hans Giese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44305640718497,"sku":"9781304839053","price":40.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1pew7g95-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748358958","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/han-man","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}