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| Release date | November 2000 |
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer is one that I'm finishing up right now. It's quite riveting. Technically the protagonist is only part German, but he served in the Wehrmacht (in the elite Panzer Grenadier Division Großdeutschland). There's been a bit of controversy as to the historical authenticity of the memoir. The division historian of the Großdeutschland was at first convinced that Sajer (real name Guy Mouminoux) was a fraud, but after exchanging letters with him became convinced that the memoir was indeed authentic. The evidence presented for arguing that the book is fake seems extremely flimsy to me (tiny details that an enthusiast would care about but a veteran might not). However read it yourself and draw your own conclusion. It's a great read, and for the most part appears to be a historically truthful memoir (in the sense of it being the truth as one man saw it), and exactly what you're looking for.