Save the Last Bullet
Memoir of a Boy Soldier in Hitler's Army
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Narrated by:
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Paul Cheall
About this listen
Willi Langbein was just thirteen when the Nazis took him away from his parents under the pretense of protecting him. Their real reason was to turn him into cannon-fodder for use against Hitler’s enemies. Deployed to the collapsing Eastern Front in the last days of the war, Willi, now aged fourteen, and his schoolmates were ordered to stave off the relentless Russian advance. None were expected to return alive from the final battles of the Third Reich.
Yet, against all odds, Willi does survive but his ordeal is far from over. He returns home to find everything he knows destroyed. Numb and confused, he is mandated to serve one year of forced farm labor. After his release, he gradually realizes that all he was taught to believe in was a lie and he sinks into depression. Eventually, thanks to his friendship with a kind British soldier, he begins to heal. It begins to dawn on him that he can play a part to ensure that the evil he witnessed is never repeated. Ultimately, he succeeds by earning the Medal of European Merit in 1979 for his contribution to the advancement of European democracy.
Willi’s graphic and moving story, told from a Nazi child soldier’s perspective, is an inspiring memoir of lost innocence and despair, but also of determination and hope restored.
©2023 Heidi Langbein-Allen,Wilhelm Langbein (P)2023 Pen and SwordWhat listeners say about Save the Last Bullet
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- Anonymous User
- 04-01-2024
The story itself is great
Why they chose an narrator with a heavy British accent is anyone's guess for a German man's story.
The narrator also laughs to himself throughout the whole story which becomes increasingly annoying, at times there is a considerable pause in the narration due to him laughing.
If you can get past both these things then it's a great story and I really enjoyed the listen.
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