Shell-Shock: A Romantic War Story - Hardcover

Scholtz, Adelbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1666746711 ISBN 13: 9781666746716

Publisher: Resource Publications (CA), 2022

Synopsis

A German-speaking South African sportsman who competes in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, remains in Germany after the Games to join the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force. He falls in love with his instructor's sister and marries her. During the Second World War, he serves as a pilot in bomber units and survives various near brushes, until he and his wife escape with his aircraft in July 1944 to neutral Turkey, due to his wife's indirect involvement with the assassination attempt on Hitler.

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About the Author

Adelbert Scholtz is a retired minister of religion and practicing psychologist with doctorates in the history of Christianity and psychology. He is the author of various books on (church) history, practical theology, psychology and science fiction. He lectured part-time at two universities. Between 1978 and 1992, he was a part-time chaplain in the South African Army. He participated on five occasions for shorter periods in the Border War in Northern Namibia and took part in an operation in Angola during 1983. Visit him at www.helderbergpsychologist.co.za.

Edition details

• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666746711
• ISBN 13: 9781666746716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 394