Brett C's Reviews > Obedient Unto Death: A Panzer-Grenadier of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Reports

I enjoyed reading this first-hand account of combat action during World War II. Werner Kindler was a heavy machine gunner in a Heavy Armor Company, panzer grenadier divison.

Throughout the narrative Kindler voiced serveing with a sense of duty and conviction. He described how he was protecting his family and their way of life from the eastern Russian hoards and from the Americans & Allies who would conquer & divide the land, eradicate the German culture, and destroy the remaining German military (pg. 88).

Kindler started an infantryman in the 4th SS-Infantry Regiment (Motorized) and was transferred to 2nd-SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in 1941. He told his story about his life and death experiences in the Eastern Front (Operation Citadel, Kharkov, Kursk), mobilization to Italy, and later redeployment to France to fight the American and Allied forces of D-Day. Kindler was a person who was loyal to his comrades and his leaders. After release from an Allied prison in Germany he resumed his life, reconnected with friends and members of his old unit, and regularly attended unit reunions. Kindler truly was obedient unto death.

Overall the book was personal account, history lesson on combat, and personal conviction. I would recommend this, Twilight of the Gods by Thorolf Hillblad, and Für Volk and Fürher by Erwin Bartmann on personal accounts of SS grenadiers on the Eastern Front. Thanks!