Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. In My Father's House -- 2. Discovering Social Class -- 3. Wolfenbüttel's Große Schule -- 4. Kristallnacht -- 5. Boy Soldier -- 6. Assignment East -- 7. St. Mary's Tower -- 8. The War at Home -- 9. Etzel's Tale -- 10. Death Enters -- 11. The Choice -- 12. Baptism by Fire -- 13. In Battle -- 14. Farewell to Arms -- 15. Home -- 16. The Search -- 17. Requiem -- Appendix: Commencement Address, June 15,1996
Summary
The author describes growing up in Nazi Germany, including his time as an instructor in Hitler Youth and as a soldier in the Germany army
