Post war photo of Otto Altmann with original signature, SS-Totenkopf division, author
Post war photo of Otto Altmann with original signature, SS-Totenkopf division, author
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Post war copy of a photo of Otto Altmann with original signature, SS-Totenkopf division. 15,8x10,2cm. Fujicolor photo paper. Excellent condition.
Unterscharführer Otto Altmann wrote a book about his wartime experiences and his captivity in Soviet prisoner camps. "Erlebnisse und Entbehrungen eines jungen Kriegsfreiwilligen". He was, among other battles, part of Totenkopf in the Demjansk pocket.
At the end of the war, the Totenkopf-division retreated back from Hungary into Austria where they surrendered to the American army. They were all grouped together in a valley, only to find themselves handed over to the Soviet army (that surrounded the valley). Many didn't survive Soviet captivity and almost all of them spent many long years of hardship in Russia.