"Rare memoir of a foreigner serving with the Germans on the Eastern Front. Firsthand descriptions of combat at the siege of Budapest and the final battle for Berlin in 1945. Insights into what motivated soldiers to fight for Nazi Germany"--From publisher's website.

Originally published: Derby, England : Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, 1985.

Foreword -- Short introduction to Transylvania -- My beloved Kronstadt -- My youth -- Indoctrination on the Eastern Front -- Holland and the Gestapo -- Russia again -- Best forgotten -- Rediscovering my unit! -- Leave! -- Mission -- Save or destroy! -- Treachery -- Eastern Front retreat -- The Western Front -- Heading east again! -- "Last of the Mohicans?" -- Prisoner of war -- Freedom! -- "Goodbye, Transylvania" -- Epilogue.