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Biography: historical, political & military, Prose: non-fiction, History
A powerful story of a young man conscripted into Hitler's army and a family left behind, a sympathetic view of life from the other side.
The Aichele family were decent, cultured, peace-loving Germans trying their hardest not to get swept up in the madness of Hitler's Third Reich. But by the time war came, for civilians on all sides, there was nowhere left to hide.
The conflict took Wolfram, the family's gentle, 18-year-old son, to the Russian Front and the Normandy beaches. It also engulfed the town of his childhood, obliterating its inhabitants in a devastating firestorm.
Wolfram is a powerful story of human survival. It is testimony to the fact that even in the darkest times there remains a spark of humanity that can never be totally extinguished.
Praise for Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War
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As an Englishman writing about a German destiny for a non-German public, Milton avoids the pitfalls. Instead he renders a service to his father-in-law's generation by reminding readers about the sheer physical, mental and spiritual effect it took to stay true to oneself in a vicious regime. - The Times
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idiosyncratic and utterly fascinating - Mail on Sunday
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a truly remarkable story . . . a tour de force. - Miranda Seymour
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a compelling account of 20th-century darkness. - Sun Herald
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Giles Milton is one of our most engaging writers of non-fiction. In Wolfram, he writes with deceptive simplicity, matching his effortless style with a fascinating subject to create a page-turning and thought-provoking book. - Victoria Hislop
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a remarkable narrative of [Wolfram] Aichele's life during the Nazi regime, written by his son-in-law Giles Milton. - Irish Times
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Engrossing . . . Milton's book celebrates the heroism of individuals who put lives before ideologies - Independent
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as a portrait of how these civilised individuals were able to survive, this is invaluable. - Daily Express
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Giles Milton
Giles Milton is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. Two of Milton's previous works, Nathaniel's Nutmeg and Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, are currently being developed into major screen projects. Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series, Ministry of Secrets, produced by Sony and available on all platforms. He lives in London and Burgundy.
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