Totenkopf

The author relates the complete history of this armored division, whose core was originallycomposed of concentration camps guards. This almost exclusively on the Eastern Front from1941 to 1945. There, it took part in the fiercest battles, like those in Kharkov, Kursk, Warsawand Vienna, to name the most famous. In may 1945, it surrendered to the Americans, whoinstantly handed it over to the soviet. A division roused to fanaticism like no other, it leftnumerous atrocities in its wake, the most famous being maybe the massacre of Britishprisoners in the ferme du Paradis in may 1940_ but other crimes are also related in detailhere. The author has notably reconstructed the division's exact itinerary in fFance, and was able to gather previously unpublished testimonies of French people who crossed its way. Besides, veterans from the division have confided in him their actual experience on the Eastern Front.Finally, on top of this historical review, the reader will find in the appendix section anextremely detailed organization chart for the division, including the names of all the majors ofregiments, battalions and companies, as well as members of the staff, down to the battalionlevel, and a near exhaustive list of all the officers from the division who served inconcentration camps.