Kai Althoetmar Book order

In November 1944, the U.S. Army experienced its bitterest fiasco in the war against Germany at the Battle at the Hürtgen Forest. Since the landing in Normandy, the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway accompanied the infantry as a hard-drinking and intrepid war correspondent and travelled from front to front. He wrote reports for Collier’s magazine and collected material for a novel, but repeatedly became an actor in the war himself, later boasting about the killing of countless German soldiers. He led Resistance fighters outside Paris, stockpiled weapons in the Ritz Hotel, turned a farmhouse in the German Snow Eifel into an artists‘ meeting place. In the Hürtgen Forest, however, the author fell silent in the face of the horrors of war. The book describes Hemingway’s novelistic experiences during the war in the West in 1944/45 and his controversial role as a war reporter against the backdrop of the heavy fighting in Normandy, the Snow Eifel and the Hürtgen Forest. The author has followed Hemingway's footsteps into the villages of the Southern Eifel and the Hürtgen Forest and lets numerous contemporary witnesses share their war memories. He also explains for the first time what the "Hemingstein Castle" in the Eifel village of Schweiler was all about. – Paperback with numerous photos and maps.

In early April 1945, German and Georgian soldiers were serving together in apparent harmony on the North Sea island of Texel, which had so far been spared from the war. The Georgians had enlisted as Eastern Legionnaires for service in the Wehrmacht in order to escape captivity. Now they were to go to the front. On the night of 6 April 1945, they revolted against their brothers in arms and killed hundreds of German soldiers. The uprising, which was joined by the Dutch resistance, engulfed the entire island. The Wehrmacht retaliated brutally. The island sank into a bloodbath that outlasted the end of the war in Europe. The book recounts the events on Texel in 1945 from the perspective of Georgian, Dutch and German participants. - With numerous photos and maps.

Set against the backdrop of Vietnam's stunning karst rock mountains, this adventurous wildlife narrative follows a quest to locate the elusive snub-nosed monkeys. The expedition delves into the challenges of conservation and the unique ecosystem of the region, highlighting the importance of preserving endangered species and their habitats. Through thrilling encounters and rich descriptions, the story captures the spirit of exploration and the urgency of wildlife protection.

In the karst rock forests of North Vietnam, conservationists struggle for the preservation of one of the rarest species of primates in the world: only 250 individuals of the clown-like Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys are left. In 1989, the species believed extinct, was rediscovered. The Sisyphean task of the Vietnamese rangers and biologists in the rough terrain delivered its first successes. As first European journalist, the author accompanied the rangers on a four-day field trip through the remote karst rock mountain region near the Chinese border. He reports on the struggle of conservation of the species, on corruption, poaching and wildlife trade and on the change in the Vietnam of today. - Illustrated paperback.