CONDITION: *PLEASE READ* Very Good condition. Moderate shelf wear to dust jacket. Minor scuff, smudge and (pencil) writing on front loose endsheet (see pictures). Spine is straight and in excellent structural condition. No obvious damage to binding or text. No writing, highlighting or creases. Pages do not appear to have yellowed with age and ink has held bold and clear. Pictures are of the actual item you will receive. Any flaws not mentioned are not intentional. Please view pictures carefully.
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DESCRIPTION: (from Library Journal)
This selection of some 200 letters written by a young German school teacher and sergeant in an armored division provides an unusual and touching view of history from the bottom up. The letters are to Fuchs's parents and young bride, mostly dating from his military training, occupation service in conquered France, and the beginning of the campaign in Russia. The letters are full of patriotism, enthusiasm for the Third Reich, desire to prove oneself in battle, and yearnings for family and home, written by an intelligent but provincial idealist and romantic. On rare occasions ugly comments about Jews, Bolsheviks, and English "dogs" are excessively chauvinistic. Showalter's comments and notes are helpful, connecting Fuchs's situation with larger events. For interested laypersons as well as specialists.