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I Was Hitler's Chauffeur : The Memoir of Erich Kempka by Erich Kempka (2010, Hardcover)

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Erich Kempka served as Hitler's personal driver from 1934 through to the Führer's dramatic suicide in 1945. His candid memoirs offer a unique eyewitness account of events leading up to and during the war, culminating in those dark final days in the Führer's headquarters, deep under the shattered city of Berlin. He begins by describing his duties as a member of Hitler's personal staff in the years preceding the war, driving the Führer throughout Germany and abroad, and accompanying him to rallies. The crux of his memoirs however covers his life with Hitler in the Berlin Führerbunker. During this time he was responsible for a transport fleet of cars, and often drove the likes of Speer or Kesselring on inspection tours to the hot spots on the front; and in March 1945, he accompanied the Führer to his final front-inspection tour. Kempka was also present when news came through of Göring and Himmler's efforts to seize power and negotiate a truce with the Western Allies. Crucially, Kempka also witnessed Hitler's marriage to Eva Braun, and his last dinner and personal farewell to all those present, before he and his wife committed suicide. Hitler's final order to Kempka was that he have ready enough petrol to burn him and his wife. Under constant Soviet artillery fire, Kempke, Linge and others poured petrol over the bodies and burnt them. The account concludes with Kempka's hazardous escape out of a burning Berlin more than 800 km through enemy-occupied Germany, home to find his wife at BE. There he was arrested by American C.fI.C. personnel and interrogated before being sent to serve as a witness at Nuremburg.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1848325509
ISBN-13
9781848325500
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79832475

Product Key Features

Book Title
I Was Hitler's Chauffeur : the Memoir of Erich Kempka
Author
Erich Kempka
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, General, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5in

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Lc Classification Number
Dd247
Reviews
...a very valuable memoir, giving us an insider view of Hitler's closest circles, and providing an invaluable account of the final months of the war as seen from the bunker|9781848325500|
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2010-292665
Dewey Decimal
943.086092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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