<p>First published to acclaim and controversy in Germany in 2011, this book is based on recently declassified transcripts of German PoWs talking among themselves, secretly recorded by British and US intelligence services. These private conversations provide unprecedented insights into the prisoners' concerns and their attitudes to the war. Combining historical and psychological perspectives, the authors analyse the transcripts, seeking to understand how soldiers had come to accept the Nazis' warped ideology. Translated from the German.</p>

Soldaten - On Fighting, Killing and Dying: The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs

Sönke Neitzel

Simon Schuster Ltd

Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying

<p>A remarkable, controversial book about Germany's soldiers in the Second World War drawn from transcriptions of their secretly recorded conversations. What emerges is a shocking and profoundly illuminating portrait of the typical German soldier of the time: their thoughts, feelings, and ideologies.</p>

History

Harald Welzer

Europe

Tapping Hitler's Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations 1942-45

Pen & Sword Military

Abgehört. Deutsche Generäle in britischer Kriegsgefangenschaft 1942-1945

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