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Short Synopsis
In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Herbert Bidermann served in that lethal theater from 1941 to 1945, and his memoir of those years recaptures the sights, sounds, and smells of the war as it vividly portrays an army marching on the road to ruin.
Full Synopsis
Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape. He recalls a Christmas gift of gingerbread from home that overcame the stench of battle, an Easter celebrated with a basket of Russian hand grenades for eggs, and his miraculous survival of machine gun fire at close range. In closing he relives the humiliation of surrender to an enemy whom the Germans had once derided and offers a sobering glimpse into life in the Soviet gulags.
Bidermann's account debunks the myth of a highly mechanized German army that rolled over weaker opponents with impunity. Despite the vast expanses of territory captured by the Germans during the early months of Operation Barbarossa, the war with Russia remained tenuous and unforgiving. His story commits that living hell to the annals of World War II and broadens our understanding of its most deadly combat zone.
In Combat Book
- Date of birth:
- August 28th, 1920 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 1st, 2010 (Dornstetten, Freudenstadt - Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
- Unit:
- 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- November 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
- Unit:
- 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiten
- Unit:
- 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 31st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
- Unit:
- 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 31st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Corporal)
- Unit:
- 14. (Panzer-Jäger) Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 437, 132. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Grenadier-Regiment 437, 132. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 21st, 1944
According to Patzwall / Scherzer the rank is Leutnant d.R.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Stab I. / Grenadier-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- March 2nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Grenadier-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-division
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 437, 132. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1944
Gottlob Herbert Bidermann Wikipedia
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 437, 132. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab I. / Grenadier-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Stab II. / Grenadier-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Stab II. / Grenadier-Regiment 437 / 132.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Gottlob Bidermann Biography Wikipedia
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Sources
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- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- Bidermann, G. H., … und litt an meiner seite, 'Krim-Kurland' mit der 132. Infanterie-Division 1941-1945, Steinach-Verlag 1995.
- Sulz a. N.: Sammler als Glücksfall für die Stadt - Sulz a. N. - Schwarzwälder Bote
- Готтлоб-Герберт Бідерман — Вікіпедія
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