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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magnificent,
By A Customer
This review is from: When all our brothers are silent (Wenn alle Bruder schweigen) (Hardcover)
Despite the brevity of the text in this book, it remains the definitive volume on the Waffen SS. Here the soldiers and men of the Shutz Staffel are allowed to speak for themselves, for the first time, through their photographs. The ferocity of combat, the ecstasy of victory, the exhaustion of defeat and the strain of life on the Eastern Front where the SS was outnumbered by Soviet soldiers 6 to 1, are all captured here in candid, gritty, emotional photographs taken from veterans personal collections. This book has been criticized for its supposed "self-congratulatory" introductory text by former SS leader Paul Hausser. However, I didn't find "When All Our Brothers Are Silent" any more self-serving or defiant than the Allied perspectives of the war that I've read. "When All Our Brothers Are Silent" is highly recommended, especially considering that the text does not engage in the generalized bias and character assassination so often associated with works on the SS. -Bryn
56 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
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Wir wollen das Wort nicht brechen, nicht Bubben werden ...,
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This review is from: When all our brothers are silent (Wenn alle Bruder schweigen) (Hardcover)
This book is a massive collection of photographs of the Waffen-SS, first published by the SS veterans' association in 1972. It is the finest book of its type. The foreword was written by Paul Hausser, several months before his death at the ripe old age of 92. To his dieing day, he was griping about how the German government gyped him out of his pension and veterans' benefits, even for his army service in World War I. Many SS veterans were prosecuted as criminals for their conduct in combatting guerillas who illegally disguised themselves as civilians, so Hausser takes great pleasure in seeing his old enemies get a taste of their own medicine from the PLO and Viet Cong. Still, the photographs are the real heart and soul of the book. There are two photograhs per page, with 1-line captions; no text except the foreword. An inordinate emphasis is placed on the Handshar division, to express the SS veterans' sympathies at the height of the Arab-Israeli wars. They also include a few pictures of Peiper, in a book expressly written to provide an introduction to the SS men on a personal basis, to dispel negative perceptions of them. Other highly symbolic, and completely unapologetic inuendos abound. Beyond that, they are simply magnificent photographs.
32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent documentation of the personal side of the SS,
By A Customer
This review is from: When all our brothers are silent (Wenn alle Bruder schweigen) (Hardcover)
Admittedly unapologetic in its favorable treatment of the SS, yet this magnificent volume lets the reader see the very personal side if the SS - a side we of the "Allies" have been denied for so long. Outstanding photos and supurb English translation. A must buy for anyone willing to learn how the SS developed, served and was ultimately disgraced - not by its own actions but rather by those whose agendas were (and remain) subject to political jingoism and post-war correctness. A tribute to the young men of Germany who gave so much; no different than those of our own forces.
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