The memoir of a reluctant soldier coerced into military service by the Nazis and driven from his homeland by the Russians.Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, Mintauts Blosfelds was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he "volunteered" to fight for the Nazis.In this memoir he describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrib...