In 1944, German soldier Lothar Herrmann was captured during the retreat through Romania. Handed over to the Soviets, he entered a world of unimaginable suffering.
Born in Nazi Bavaria and conscripted into the elite Gebirgsdivision, Herrmann marched through Ukraine with Hitler’s army. But after his capture, he endured years in Soviet forced labor camps—where frostbite, starvation, and despair claimed two-thirds of his fellow prisoners.
Against staggering odds, Herrmann survived, returning to a devastated Germany in 1949. His story, told through chilling first-person interviews by Klaus Willmann, offers a rare glimpse into a part of WWII history often ignored.
This isn’t a tale of heroism—it’s one of endurance, horror, and survival at the edge of human suffering.
