Author : Paul A. Strassmann
Release : 2006
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 365/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Paul's War by : Paul A. Strassmann
Download or read book Paul's War written by Paul A. Strassmann. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul’s War tells about the experiences of a fifteen-year-old who joined a partizan unit in September 1944, to derail German trains on a strategic railroad in Slovakia. Military actions and survival in the mountains during a brutal winter are described as often tragic events. Paul stayed with the partizans until the end of war when he joined the Czechoslovak army. The text includes recollections about the influences that formed Paul's attitudes that enabled him to choose combat as a way of escaping the Germans. The section about Family offers portrayals of the personalities of his relatives, with special attention devoted to his father, a former military officer.