TY - BOOK ID - 77916478 TI - Panzer gunner PY - 2008 SN - 1907677070 9781907677076 9781906033118 1906033110 PB - Solihull, West Midlands Helion & Co. DB - UniCat KW - Canadians -- Germany -- Biography. KW - Friesen, Bruno, 1925-. KW - Germany. Heer. Panzer-Regiment, 25. KW - Soldiers -- Germany -- Biography. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany. KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare. KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Soldiers KW - Canadians KW - History & Archaeology KW - History - General KW - European War, 1939-1945 KW - Second World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War 2, 1939-1945 KW - World War II, 1939-1945 KW - World War Two, 1939-1945 KW - WW II (World War, 1939-1945) KW - WWII (World War, 1939-1945) KW - History, Modern KW - Ethnology KW - Armed Forces personnel KW - Members of the Armed Forces KW - Military personnel KW - Military service members KW - Service members KW - Servicemen, Military KW - Armed Forces KW - Regimental histories KW - Tank warfare KW - Campaigns KW - Friesen, Bruno, KW - Germany. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77916478 AB - There are few memoirs available of German Panzer crews that focus on the climactic last 12 months of the war on the Eastern Front, 1944-45. What makes Bruno Friesen's account virtually unique is his family background: his parents came from a German-speaking Mennonite community in Ukraine, and were to all intents and purposes culturally German. To make matters even more complex, in 1924 his parents left the Ukraine for Canada, where Bruno was born. In March 1939 he and his brother Oscar found themselves on a ship bound for Bremerhaven in Germany. He barely spoke German, and had never been to Ge ER -