An Infantryman in Stalingrad: Adelbert Holl

The author, Adelbert Holl, was a 23-year-old infantry Leutnant when he rejoined his unit in Stalingrad after recovering from wounds he suffered in April 1942. This book records his own experiences as a junior infantry commander during Stalingrad. The infantry bore the most laborious and difficult role during the battle. They were not propelled forward by engines, were not protected by armour-plating.
They stood eye to eye with the enemy. That is why this report is so impressive, so enthralling, so stirring. It is sobre, factual, without pathos – as written by a front-line soldier. Holl was awarded many medals, including the Wound Badge in Gold, which demonstrates that he had never spared himself from the dangers of combat. This book does not glorify the war: it shows the terrible true face of it.

Adelbert Holl
• 250 pages on high-quality paper
• A5 format
• Hardcover
• 25 photos
• 24 maps
• 19 aerial photos
• 40 supporting documents
• Index

Leaping Horseman Books 2005 1st Ed. Limited printing run of 1,000 copies.

Chaper 1:
The Battle Around the Mouth of the Tsaritsa
(From the GPU Women's Prison to the bank of the Volga in 3 days)
23 - 27 September 1942

Chaper 2:
Operations at the Barrikady
(Grenadier-Regiment 276 is subordinated to 24. Panzer-Division)
28 September - 19 October 1942

Chaper 3:
Our Regiment Returns to 94. Infanterie-Division
(Operations near Rynok and Spartakovka)
19 October - 18 November 1942

Chaper 4:
6. Armee is Surrounded!
18 November - 5 December 1942

Chaper 5:
94. Infanterie-Division is Disbanded
8 - 31 December 1942

Chaper 6:
The Remnants of Grenadier-Regiment 276
(Now a part of I.Bataillon Panzergrenadier-Regiment 79, 16. Panzer-Division)
1 - 17 January 1943

Chaper 7:
Split into a Northern and Southern Pocket
21 - 22 January 1943

Chaper 8:
The retreat to the City Perimeter
22 - 24 January 1943

Chaper 9:
The Final Days
24 January - 1 February 1943

Appendix 1 :
Adelbert Holl's Career

One of the few German combat memoirs written about the battle of Stalingrad.