In the diary he kept during his time as a soldier in the German army and as a prisoner of war in Britain, Eberhard Wendler wrote the following in the…
Today The Independent printed my piece about German POWs in Britain at the time of VE-Day (on pages 41, 42 and 43). The feature includes some previously unseen snippets from…
Seventy years ago, Eberhard Wendler wrote in his diary: 15 April 1945: bought myself a book – Der Polarwind und die Obrigkeit (The Polar Wind and the Majesty)* from my…
Eberhard Wendler’s diary records some of the events which broke up the monotony in the POW camp where he was held prisoner during the last weeks of WW2. 8 March…
On 21 February 1945 Eberhard Wendler wrote in his diary: ‘Received a letter from Willy and Gertrud posted on 28 November 1944. Bought myself a pair of scissors for 2…
Eberhard Wendler’s wartime diary continues: ‘10 February, 1945: at 2.00 p.m. I received the first parcel from home. It contained skin cream, a mirror, a mouth-organ, a handkerchief, socks, sugar…