A German Boy Remembers - How World War II came to East Prussia

The author describes his childhood on his parents farm in East Prussia and the first school years in Erlenrode und Kuckerneese.
As an eleven-year-old boy, he experiences with his mother and two brothers the Great Trek on a horse-drawn harvest wagon. It starts in October 1944 and ends only in April 1945, after a drive of more than 750 miles through East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Mecklenburg, Lower Saxony to Sievershausen near Hannover, Germany. The stages of their struggle and their encounters along the way are depicted with remarkable honesty. Many striking details, often strange and unimaginable, sometimes touching to the heart, are included.

About the author

ERHARD SCHULZ was born in 1933 in the County Elchniederung, at that time a remote marshland in North-East Prussia, Germany. He graduated from high school in Lehrte, Lower Saxony and worked as a licensed financial accountant for the companies Hanomag, Salzgitter-Chemie and Bahlsen's Keksfabrik. He retired in 1995. In 2010 he died of pancreatic cancer.

Product details

• Authors: Erhard Schulz
• Assisted by: Ortrun Schulz (Editor)
• Publisher: Books On Demand
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783735763150
• ISBN: 978-3-7357-6315-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 296 g
• Illustrations: 8 Farbabb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > 20th century (up to 1945)