{"product_id":"your-loyal-and-loving-son-the-letters-of-tank-gunner-karl-fuchs-1933-1941-paperback-softback-9781574885675","title":"Your Loyal and Loving Son; The Letters of Tank Gunner Karl Fuchs, 1933–1941 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781574885675","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYour Loyal and Loving Son\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Letters of Tank Gunner Karl Fuchs, 1933–1941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHorst Fuchs Richardson (Edited by), Horst Fuchs Richardson (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781574885675\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThese are the compelling letters of Karl Fuchs, an ordinary German soldier who was completely convinced of the righteousness of his cause and who wrote them free of the recriminations and hindsight arising from the bitterness of defeat. Combining enthusiastic expressions of loyalty to the führer and the Fatherland with messages of love for his family and requests for necessities from home, they provide a personal look at a youth typical of his time, one whose fervent and naive nationalism was of the very sort that later fanned the flames of the Holocaust.Throughout \u003ci\u003eYour Loyal and Loving Son\u003c\/i\u003e, young Fuchs remains an idealist, confident in his concept of duty. Yet his letters clearly support the general assertion that many Germans who backed the Third Reich did so neither out of opportunistic self-interest nor nihilistic delight in destruction, but instead in the hope for a better future. Killed on the Eastern Front, Fuchs did not live to see his son, the infant to whom he wrote and who as an adult compiled these letters for publication. With an introduction and annotations by eminent historian Dennis Showalter, this collection will help make those early war years more comprehensible to contemporary readers.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction by the Widow \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by the Son \u003cbr\u003eThe Soldier's Assignments \u003cbr\u003eHistorical Comments by Dennis E. Showalter \u003cbr\u003eThe Letters - Footnotes by Dennis E. Showalter \u003cbr\u003eConclusion by Dennis E. Showalter \u003cbr\u003eGlossary of German Terms \u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735351390488,"sku":"9781574885675","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/your-loyal-and-loving-son-the-letters-of-tank-gunner-karl-fuchs-1933-1941-paperback-softback-9781574885675","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}