I Was Hitler's Chauffeur: The Memoir of Erich Kempka

Erich Kempka served as Hitler's personal driver from 1934 through to the F hrer's dramatic suicide in 1945. His candid memoirs offer a unique eyewitness account of events leading up to and during the war, culminating in those dark final days in the F hrer's headquarters, deep under the shattered city of Berlin. He begins by describing his duties as a member of Hitler's personal staff in the years preceding the war, driving the F hrer throughout Germany and abroad, and accompanying him to rallies. The crux of his memoirs however covers his life with Hitler in the Berlin F hrerbunker. During this time he was responsible for a transport fleet of cars, and often drove the likes of Speer or Kesselring on inspection tours to the hot spots on the front; and in March 1945, he accompanied the F hrer to his final front-inspection tour. Kempka was also present when news came through of G ring and Himmler's efforts to seize power and negotiate a truce with the Western Allies. Crucially, Kempka als