Heinz Sannemann by Falk Breuer & Walter Waiss

[Jukka Juutinen]

https://www.amazon.de/Heinz-Sanneman...ynL&ref=plSrch

Is this one good? It will be published in Finnish next spring.

[edwest2]

Here's one review:

One of his last published phrases by the 97-year-old Heinz Sannemann is: "Knowledge does not mean power, but more helpfulness, more humility and goodness, the only power is the one that springs from love, knowledge and service, goodness humility and simplicity." Until he died on January 7, 2014. He was known to a large fan base at home and abroad as a philanthropist and naturalist who has made a name for himself by researching bees and their importance for a balanced ecosystem.

He was in World War II as a relay captain and group commander to the famous fighter squad Udet, but knew that only a few close confidants. For him, this chapter was completed. But his flying career was not completely insignificant, as evidenced by the collection of photos and documents that he had in his estate and which he had kept throughout his life.

His extensive correspondence with his future wife Marlies Dierks give an authentic insight into the time. The fact that it was really always about life and death, is in the correspondence, however, only hinted broached.
The flying career of Heinz Sannemann shows just exemplary how seducible young people of his generation were. After he had come in February 1940 in the fall of the newly formed II. Group of the Jagdgeschwader 3, he is assigned as a technical officer to the group staff.
Again and again he reports in his letters to his wife of losses in their own ranks.
After war and captivity, Heinz Sannemann returns to his hometown in Osnabrück in 1946. In 1982, after his employment with his father-in-law in the deserved retirement.
He then devotes himself to the study of anthroposophy and classical Chinese medicine, publishes his findings and remains a counselor to many help seekers until his death.
He never flew an airplane again."

[Jukka Juutinen]

Is that a review for it seems to be a translation of the product description, not an actual independent reader's review...

[FalkeEins]

" He was in World War II as a relay captain and group commander to the famous fighter squad Udet, but knew that only a few close confidants "

a good demonstration why translation software (..and especially 'google translate') will never replace a decent 'human' translator. There have been some developments in improving translation software and they can be tested at deepl.com
There's a free and a 'Pro' (paying) option. Its not perfect by any means but its a sight better than google translate

I've bought Sannemann's book - its an interesting 'social' history more than anything else.. lets try some of that 'blurb' again perhaps

"..He had confided in very few people that in a former life he had been a Staffelkapitän and Gruppenkommandeur in the 'famous' Jagdgeschwader Udet. As far as he was concerned, this chapter of his life was over and no longer worth mentioning. That his aviation career was not completely insignificant for him, however, is attested to by the collection of photos and documents that he left in his estate and which he had kept throughout his life. These include his three flight logs documenting some 1650 flights including 400 combat sorties, all described in detail, as well as his twenty-three victory claims (Abschussmeldungen) including eyewitness accounts, all carefully filed away in the back-most corner of his desk. His extensive correspondence with his later wife Marlies Dierks proved to be a real treasure trove: hundreds of letters bundled, sealed and stored in a suitcase. These letters, written almost daily, provide an authentic insight not only into the feelings of two young people who were looking for a modus vivendi in difficult times. They also provide an unvarnished insight into how political indoctrination manipulates people and makes them willing supporters of a dictatorial regime in their thinking. At the beginning of the war, the two were euphoric about the military successes of the Luftwaffe. Descriptions of aerial battles give a realistic picture of the deadly danger to which pilots on both sides were exposed..."

[edwest2]

My father served in the Polish Army. Here was his explanation to me: "When they come, you have nothing to say. You go." For those perhaps too young to understand all the things that cause wars.