Under the SS Shadow

About this book

A true story. A former Hitler Youth an SS majors son runs for his life in war-torn Europe sees his father shot down by guerrillas rebuilds his life from the ruins leaves Hitlers SS emblem for another symbol. Excerpts from UNDER THE SS SHADOW: In an official declaration my father stated that he and his family had left the state church. We were Gottglaubig. The SS symbol became the point of reference for our family. We of the Hitler Youth were going forward with Hitler we were sure. Several years later as I huddled in a foxhole I wondered where we were going or where we could go. I feel like a man sitting in a car thats going down a hill " my father said "but its too late to get out. May 7 1945 Germany officially surrendered to the Western Allies. On May 9 Russian troops marched into Berlin. I could not even guess what the future held for me. Augsburg is about fifty miles from Dachau location of the infamous concentration camp. Only after the war did we discover what had happened at our doorstep.