Oberst Hans Georg Eismann (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A very impressive as new copy in a likewise dustcover which is in a removable plastic sleeve. No faults to be found except maybe the beginnings of some slight curling of the lower spine edge - very negligible. Please see photos.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 143pp., b/w plates, maps, appendix, bibliog., Addresses two areas of WW2 hitherto neglected; Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atmosphere that pervaded the German high command in the East during the final months of the war.

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo 143pp., b/w plates, maps, appendix, bibliog., Addresses two areas of WW2 hitherto neglected; Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atmosphere that pervaded the German high command in the East during the final months of the war.