title: I Was Hitler's Chauffeur: The Memoir of Erich Kempka
author:  Erich Kempka 
description: <SPAN STYLE= "" >&ldquo;&hellip;a very valuable memoir, giving us an insider view of Hitler's closest circles, and providing an invaluable account of the final months of the war as seen from the bunker</SPAN> (<i>History of War</i>)
zlib_text: I	Was	Hitler’s	Chauffeur
  ‘I	have	portrayed	the	events	related	in	this	book
  to	the	best	of	my	knowledge	and	conscience.	I	have	omitted
  nothing	and	inserted	nothing,	but	have	portrayed	the
  historical	facts	as	I	personally	experienced	them.’
  Erich	Kempka
  
  Erich	Kempka	(1910–1975)
  
  Original	German	edition:	Ich	Habe	Adolf	Hitler	Verbrannt
  1951	by	Kyrburg,	Munich,	Germany
  First	published	in	Great	Britain	in	2010
  Reprinted	in	this	format	in	2012	by
  Frontline	Books
  an	imprint	of
  Pen	&	Sword	Books	Ltd
  47	Church	Street
  Barnsley
  South	Yorkshire
  S70	2AS
  Copyright	©	Deutsche	Verlagsgesellschaft	mbH,	1991
  English	translation	copyright	©	Pen	&	Sword	Books	Ltd,	2010
  Introduction	©	Pen	&	Sword	Books	Ltd,	2010
  ISBN	978	1	84832	630	9
  eISBN	9781781599723
  Erich	Kempka’s	memoir	was	first	published	by	Kyrburg	(Munich)	in	1951	and	was	entitled	Ich	Habe	Adolf
  Hitler	Verbrannt	(I	Cremated	Adolf	Hitler).	In	1975,	the	memoir	was	re-issued	by	K.W.	Schutz	Verlag	as
  Die	Letzen	Tage	Mit	Adolf	Hitler	(The	Last	Days	Wi