It's often said that history is written by the victors, especially the history of the 20th century.

We, however, bring the testimonies of vanquished armies to a global readership through our translations. These are voices which are seldom heard.

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We are currently translating a series of absolutely fascinating interviews conducted by Dieter Eckhertz in the 1950s, in which he discussed with Wehrmacht veterans their motivations and thought processes during key events of the war, ranging from Poland and France to the Battle of Britain, the collapse in the east, Normandy, the Ardennes and the Allied firestorm bombings of German cities.

These remarkable interviews lay bare the scale of the delusions under which the Germans fought the war - but also reveal the complex web of specifically personal grievances, hopes and loyalties which drove each individual on.

Anyone who was absorbed by the Dieter Eckhertz interviews in 'D Day - Through German Eyes' will surely find these new transcripts equally interesting. Publication in English is planned for 2016 - using the Amazon 'Follow' button (above) will keep you updated.

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Now available on Amazon is our translation of Wolfgang Faust's shocking account of his breakout from the Halbe Pocket in April 1945, entitled 'The Last Panther.'

It's a phenomenal memoir of panzer warfare, the collapse of the Third Reich and the appalling suffering of civilians and troops on all sides, as World War 2 drew to an apocalyptic conclusion in the fields of Germany.

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'D Day Through German Eyes' presents the transcripts of interviews which my grandfather carried out with German veterans in 1954, on the tenth anniversary of D Day. These were German soldiers, engineers and Luftwaffe men who had experienced the opening hours of the Normandy beach landings, and were able to recall those cataclysmic events in detail.

My grandfather had been a German propaganda journalist in 1944 and had visited the Atlantic Wall under construction. He was also a veteran of the German Army in World War One, and so his background enabled him to build a strong rapport with the interviewees, many of whom had not spoken of their experiences even with their own families. The result is a series of interviews which reveal not only the desperate reactions of German soldiers to the Allied onslaught, but also the surprising mix of motivations which drove them.

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My forthcoming book is 'World War 2 - Through German Eyes.'

This is a series of interviews conducted by my grandfather with German servicemen and civilians in the early 1950s, in which ordinary Germans describe their motivations, their world view and experiences during some of the key events of the war.

We rarely see events such as the Blitzkrieg, the Battle of Britain, The Russian Front, Normandy and the great city bombings through the eyes of the Germans involved, and these interviews bring a radical new perspective to such momentous events.

Anyone who found 'D Day Through German Eyes' interesting and thought-provoking will, I believe, be fascinated at these astonishing new insights into the inner world of the Germans from 1939 to 45.

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