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Title: Magnificent
Review: Despite the brevity of the text in this book, it remains the definitive volume on the Waffen SS. Here the soldiers and men of the Shutz Staffel are allowed to speak for themselves, for the first time, through their photographs. The ferocity of combat, the ecstasy of victory, the exhaustion of defeat and the strain of life on the Eastern Front where the SS was outnumbered by Soviet soldiers 6 to 1, are all captured here in candid, gritty, emotional photographs taken from veterans personal collections.This book has been criticized for its supposed "self-congratulatory" introductory text by former SS leader Paul Hausser. However, I didn't find "When All Our Brothers Are Silent" any more self-serving or defiant than the Allied perspectives of the war that I've read."When All Our Brothers Are Silent" is highly recommended, especially considering that the text does not engage in the generalized bias and character assassination so often associated with works on the SS.-Bryn
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