Under the SS Shadow

Under the SS Shadow by Traugott Vogel/Shirley Stephens. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780805472165.

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.”